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BEIJING--Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded ... such as the central St. Sophia Cathedral, a former Russian Orthodox church. Underscoring the personal nature of the relationship, Putin ...

Thus the Russian Orthodox Church was resurrected from beneath the Communist rubble and deployed to rally Russian support for the death struggle with the Third Reich. But having brought Russian ...

Independence from Russian Orthodoxy could have serious geopolitical implications. The creation of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) on December 15, at a Unification Council in Kyiv attended by ...

MOSCOW, October 15. /TASS/. The Russian Orthodox Church has done its utmost to avoid the rupture of relations with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople but it was the only right decision ...

During an Easter service at Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral held on Saturday night, Russian Orthodox Church head Patriarch Kirill referred to the holiday as a “victory day.” “Easter is a victory ...

Returning its relics to the church is "the most important action on strengthening the spiritual unity of the people of Russia" MOSCOW, May 16. /TASS/. The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church ...