Pope Leo discussed the war in Ukraine on Saturday with Metropolitan Anthony, a senior cleric in the Russian Orthodox Church, ...

Pope Leo XIV met with a top Russian Orthodox cleric, the first such visit from Moscow since the papal election, and one that comes amid strained relations with Rome due to Russia’s ongoing war in ...

The Vatican confirmed that Pope Leo received Metropolitan Anthony, the senior Russian Orthodox Church cleric who chairs its ...

Sweden is reportedly probing a Russian Orthodox church in the town of Västerås over possible hybrid warfare techniques, a new investigation shows. View on euronews ...

The Russian Orthodox Church is allied with President Putin. But in New York, some of its members are quietly anguished. By Liam Stack Last week, more than a dozen religious and political leaders ...

The Russian Orthodox Church issued a statement after the meeting, which said: “The discussion touched on numerous issues, including the state of ...

The Russian church, estimated to have over 150 million adherents, is by far the largest of the world’s Orthodox communities and for most of its centuries-long history has been closely tied to ...

Including Russian, the four Orthodox Churches abstained then from participation in the gathering estimated to be the first meeting of fellow Church leaders since 787 AD following five decades in ...

LVIV, Ukraine (RNS) — For centuries, Orthodox Ukrainians saw the traditional Julian calendar as one of the anchors of their church’s identity. Now many are switching to the Gregorian calendar.

Recent remarks by senior Russian clergy reinforce a sense that Kirill, the new patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, intends to intensify his church's politically fraught mission at home and ...

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church formally changed the main date for the festivities, departing from the Russian tradition of celebrating on Jan. 7, according to the Julian calendar.

EKLUTNA, Alaska (AP) — The Russian Orthodox church was established in Alaska on Kodiak Island in 1794 and missionaries spread the faith, baptizing an estimated 18,000 Alaska Natives.