For their 10th wedding anniversary last year, Karagach and Pashkov — who share 2-year-old daughter Nikita — revealed how they keep the "spark" alive in their relationship by making an effort to have ...

A number of Orthodox priests who are against Russia's invasion of Ukraine have sought refuge in Germany, where they face many challenges. After Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in ...

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 ...

The Russian Orthodox Church has condemned the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, claiming that Christians were insulted and that a "godless culture" is spreading in Europe. The opening ...

The leader of Russia's Orthodox Church has suspended the priest who led a memorial service for Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. Church head Patriarch Kirill is a close ally of Russian President ...

they received an Russian Orthodox icon from Vladimir, the city they visited in Russia in 2018. Professional dancers performed the tango during the reception. At midnight, the newlyweds surprised ...

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 ...

On July 23, one of Ukraine’s largest churches, the Orthodox cathedral in Odessa, was seriously damaged by a Russian missile strike. The strike highlighted one of the lingering enigmas of Russian ...

ANTALYA, Turkey — 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 ...

Of more than 40,000 clergymen in the Russian Orthodox Church, only 300 priests signed a public letter calling for peace in Ukraine. But each of the public voices against the war is crucial ...