Patriarch Kirill claimed the war effort has exacerbated Russia's demographic ... A church court said Uminsky should be "expelled from holy orders" for violating his priestly oath when he refused ...

Known for his close ties to the Russian president, Patriarch Kirill has been internationally ... document deeming the full-scale invasion a "Holy War" during a congress of the World Russian ...

Just as ancient Roman Empire had its protective geniuses of war, so in today’s dominant new patriarchal martyrology, the ...

It has however not carried out autocephaly, the process of formally breaking off from Moscow’s leadership, despite Russian ...

Patriarch Kirill said a prayer and sprinkled holy water ... A council he presided over declared Russia's invasion a "holy war" in defence of the region's "single spiritual space", with unfounded ...

despite Russian Orthodox leader Kirill calling the Kremlin's invasion a "holy war". "Patriarch Kirill may make mistakes, he is a human being," the monastery's acting head Archimandrite Theophan ...

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) and Russia's Orthodox Patriarch ... a new gift for their war "heroes." During the Orthodox Christmas celebration held by Patriarch Kirill on Monday, January ...