Because of his anti-war comments, in early 2023 the Russian Orthodox Church suspended him for three months. He realized at the time that his "exodus from Madrid can be considered a done deal." ...

A Ukrainian delegation to the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington will make the case that Russia threatens the religious ...

He dismissed the debate over which calendar Orthodox Ukrainians should follow ... “But he remains a patriarch.” Russian Church's Holy Synod in Moscow on March 16, 2023. Russia's Orthodox leader and ...

The archpriest of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC ... Poland, in May 2023. A member of Russia's Orthodox Church recently said that Ukraine's HIMARS strikes were God's punishment to Russia ...

Currently, the Russian, Georgian, Jerusalem, Serbian Orthodox Churches ... According to the church calendar, the Baptism of the Lord has four days on the eve of the holiday (pre-celebration ...

The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) has announced plans to significantly increase ... was "not the first and not the only war crime" committed by Ukrainian forces. In 2023, the UN Human Rights ...

After a Russian ... bombing in 2023. Another example, she said, is the Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza City. "It's the oldest active church in Gaza, and it's a Greek Orthodox church that ...

For years, Novynskyi was listed among the richest Ukrainians, with Forbes estimating his wealth at $1.4 billion in the spring of 2023. According to the ... called Novynskyi a "handler" of the Russian ...

The SBI alleges that he sought to foster anti-government and pro-Russian sentiments in Ukraine, justifying Russian aggression. Authorities also claim Novynskyi maintained close ties with Russian ...

In September 2023, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine adopted the new Julian calendar, aligning Christmas with December 25, as it was celebrated in Ukraine before 1918. Russian propaganda often spreads ...

the priest at the church, which is affiliated with the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia. In Orthodoxy, it is necessary to use specialized religious painters because icons aren’t merely ...