The arch-conservative social positions of the Russian Orthodox Church, particularly surrounding ... liturgical worship, and infant baptism, are tempting. And if they disagree on doctrinal issues ...

The Russian Orthodox church dates back to AD988, when the rule of Kievan Rus’, Vladimir I, summoned the whole city to the banks of the Dnieper River for a mass baptism. This founding of Russian ...

Currently, the Russian, Georgian, Jerusalem, Serbian Orthodox Churches ... According to the church calendar, the Baptism of the Lord has four days on the eve of the holiday (pre-celebration ...

The Russian Orthodox Church strongly backs the war in Ukraine and has punished dozens of priests who have defied its official line, for example by reading out prayers for peace instead of victory.

A historic Russian Orthodox church is keeping the faith in the family. After over 54 years as rector, the Very Rev. Mitred ...

On July 28 Orthodox christians marked 1000th anniversary of the death of Great Prince Vladimir, who was the first Christian ruler in the Kievan Rus and baptized the region ...

The Ukrainian and Russian peoples came out of the Dnieper Baptismal font ... Meanwhile, the leader of the rival Orthodox ...

It commemorates the Theophany, or the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan ... Urban noted that his diocese of the American Carpatho- Russian Orthodox Church has some churches that celebrate on the ...

The Russian Orthodox Church in Lithuania deliberately hides ... Although the priests did not mention Patriarch Kirill during baptism, anointing of the sick or marriages, the Sunday services ...