Here’s a fascinating FT story about Abbot Tikhon Shevkunov, a prominent Russian Orthodox monk who is Vladimir Putin’s confessor. The more I learn about Russian Orthodoxy (I mean, the Orthodox ...
Vladimir Putin accused Jews of attacking the Russian Orthodox Church and suggested that they lacked family and “roots,” the latest antisemitic statement from the Russian leader since his 2022 ...
The men, 22 in all, had taken a bus more than 1,000 km (620 miles) from the Ukrainian city of Lviv to a monastery built on a ...
said the authorities would not use force to expel the monks. The Russian Orthodox Church has echoed the rhetoric of the Kremlin in justifying the war in Ukraine. Its head, Patriarch Kirill ...
It is stated that being aware that Russian troops do not target religious and cultural sites, Ukrainian nationalists sought to use the Orthodox Christian shrine as a cover and shield MOSCOW, June 7.
The Russian Orthodox Church is involved in mobilizing ... when asked about the relationship between the Danilov Monastery and the Kremlin, just waves his hand. It's not only because he fears ...
A METROPOLITAN of the Russian Orthodox Church, who was once widely expected to be the next Patriarch of Moscow has blamed ...
After half an hour, we saw a cluster of buildings topped by the distinctive onion domes of the Russian Orthodox Church: the ...
Dating to the late 11th century, Spassky Monastery is one of the oldest in all of Russia. The army used it as a barracks until 1995, leaving behind a sad and stinking ruin. The Russian Orthodox ...
The schism was prompted by Russian Patriarch ... large groups of citizens. The monastery, which is a Unesco World Heritage site, was one of a number of Orthodox churches raided on Tuesday, as ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin joined the congregation for an Orthodox Christmas service in Moscow on Monday evening.
On a pilgrimage of Eastern Orthodox holy sites, far from the deadly conflict with Russia, fighters try to lift their spirits ...