In the Latin Church, believers determine how they will observe Lent (fasting is prescribed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday). In contrast, the dietary observances of Orthodox Great Lent ...

The 15th annual Troika Festival will take place May 23-25 at the Russian Orthodox Church of the Nativity Community Center ... experience Barynya dancing, a fast Russian folk dance.

Vladimir Putin met the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, on Tuesday with gifts he asked the Patriarch to bless for troops fighting in Ukraine. The meeting at a Christmas ...

Russian Orthodox Church suspends Navalny memorial priest 04/24/2024 April 24, 2024 The leader of Russia's Orthodox Church has suspended the priest who led a memorial service for Kremlin critic ...

CONCERN is growing over the Russian Orthodox Church’s expansion abroad, after the Swedish government, referring to security fears, withdrew subsidies from Russian parishes. “A prerequisite for state ...

In the southern Black Sea port of Odesa, churchgoers prayed and lit candles as priests in gold vestments held Christmas Eve service in the Cathedral of the Nativity, decorated with fir trees and a ...

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church formally changed the main date for the festivities, departing from the Russian tradition ... children perform skits of the Nativity story on central streets of ...

It allows them to "abandon the Russian heritage of ... even entire parishes swap from one church to another, with the new Orthodox Church of Ukraine growing fast and taking over several Russia ...

Ukraine’s government passed legislation in July making the date change, in what was viewed as a snub to Russia and the Russian ... the new Orthodox Church of Ukraine growing fast and taking ...

The UOC formally split from the Russian Orthodox Church in May 2022, declaring itself autocephalous and autonomous. The Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), founded in 1995, became official in 2018 ...

In some ways, this should not come as a surprise, owing to the well-known ties between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Putin regime. Since the early years of Putin’s tenure in power, the church ...

Standing in an old Orthodox church in Antalya with a Bible in one hand and a candle in the other, the Rev. Ioann Koval led one of his first services in Turkey after the Russian Orthodox Church ...