The head of Russia's powerful Orthodox Church said in remarks published late on Tuesday that "weirdos" were trying to spread ...

During a diocesan assembly of the Moscow Metropolis, a priest from Mozhaysk, Alexei Shlyapin, raised concerns about the ...

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church publicly ridiculed a priest for criticizing the church’s alignment with the Kremlin’s wartime patriotic agenda, according to a leaked video recording. Patriarch ...

MOSCOW, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping has accepted Russia's invitation to attend the commemorations of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, TASS state news ...

Russia's opening gambit ahead of expected peace talks has been laid out in the mieda, says our Moscow correspondent Ivor Bennett. "There has been a lot of talk about potential meetings and contact ...

Washington is also increasing pressure on Moscow, as demonstrated by the unexpected flight of U.S. envoys to Moscow today. As a transactional president, Trump is using his well-known street ...

Vladimir Putin’s call with President Trump reinforced the Russian leader’s view that Moscow and Washington should decide the fate of Ukraine — and other weighty matters. By Anton ...

Not as widely known in the United States as St. Valentine are two other saints at the top of the list on Feb. 14, and recent ...

The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia have spoken out in support of Christians in the Middle East. The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill of ...

Moscow has lost many allies and partners due to its war against Ukraine. Among the few countries it has grown closer to in the past three years is Azerbaijan, a former Soviet republic and key regional ...

The rites are administered by either a Patriarch, a Major Archbishop, a Metropolitan, or have some other arrangement. Patriarchs are elected by a synod of bishops of their rite, and then request ...