The Union of Brest marks the critical moment when most leaders of the Ruthenian Orthodox Church, situated within the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (in areas of modern Ukraine and Belarus), decided to ...

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Under his pontificate, the Church underwent a catharsis, a repentance for past mistakes – something I wish Orthodox churches, especially the Russian Church, would emulate. Under Pope Francis, the ...

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 ...

The conflict brought relations between the Vatican and the Russian Orthodox Church to a new low in 2022 ... "I only miss the street. I am a 'callejero' (a man of the streets).

As Pope, he made great efforts to heal the thousand-year rift with the Eastern Orthodox Church. In recognition, for the first time since the Great Schism of 1054, the Patriarch of Constantinople ...

Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, has endorsed the invasion of Ukraine. Putin attended an Easter service at Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior, conducted by Patriarch ...

Earlier, they wanted to find a "Russian street" for Tumas. About the fact that on Ukraine has eliminated another Lithuanian mercenary, it was reported at the end of February. Tadas Tumas with the call ...

This year, Orthodox Easter will be observed on the same day as the Western one: Sunday, 20 April. The shared date is relatively rare as the churches use different calendars. Orthodox Easter is ...

Panagia Vefa, an Orthodox Church where people of all faiths go to make a wish. Video screenshot. Noah Amir Arjomand/You Tube Panagia Vefa is a Greek Orthodox church in Istanbul where, on the first day ...

Subsequently, a part of the Blessed Fire will be transferred to more than 50 dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church, including the border regional centers — Bryansk, Belgorod and Kursk, which are ...

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