Bishop Iyakov, who backs Russia's war on Ukraine, returned to the controversial cross he erected at the Norwegian archipelago ...

Even after Ukraine cut diplomatic ties with Russia in 2022, prisoner exchanges have continued as one of the few remaining ...

At least 20 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in a suicide bombing inside a church in Syria, according to the ...

The bodies of three Israeli hostages have been recovered from the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

There are long-term patterns in how Russia approaches Norway on Svalbard. Over the years, Moscow’s proposals for bilateral ...

The Russian coat of arms shown in the video from Chechnya has no crosses. It's not fake," said Russian military blogger Yuri Kotenok. Pro-Kremlin Telegram channel RIA Katyusha said the Chechen ...

The Russian Orthodox Church And Kremlin. The Russian Orthodox Church has received an unusual amount of attention in the last few years following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Patriarch Kirill’s close ...

People stand in line to kiss an icon during the celebration of Orthodox Easter at Cross Lower Church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Kharkiv, Ukraine, April 20, 2025. Euronews. Soldiers ...

Every major date in the Orthodox calendar is now used to defend the war. Soon after the invasion began in 2022, on Forgiveness Sunday, a day of goodwill marking the start of Lent, Kirill blamed gay ...

The Russian leader shocked Kremlinologists by asking the country’s top priest “to engrave his own initials” on chains for the crosses worn by soldiers. Anna Nemtsova Updated Jan. 12 2025 3 ...