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 ...

Pope Francis on Sunday sharply denounced the Ukrainian government’s recently enacted ban on Russian Orthodox Church worship, arguing that the faithful should not be barred from worshipping as ...

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 ...

Since the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) gained canonical status in early ... Their work led to the adoption of the Revised Julian calendar on Sept. 1, 2023. A Nativity fast, observed for 40 days ...

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 ...

Kutia (sweet wheat berry pudding) is a ritual dish to start the Christmas meal, following the strictest week of the Nativity Fast. Ukraine will celebrate Christmas on new date for the first time in ...

Since the Russian Orthodox Church follows the Julian calendar ... abstain from meat for the forty days leading up to Christmas. As a culmination of the Nativity Fast, the Christmas Eve dinner is ...