The new Primate will need to be savvy, navigating between conflicting pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian currents in the small but opinionated Albanian Orthodox Church. For the first time in decades ...

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 ...

On the other hand, Eastern Orthodox churches, such as the Greek and Russian Orthodox, use the Julian calendar, which often leads to a different Easter date, each tradition favouring its own system.

Originally conceived in the mid-1800s to honor Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich (who died in Nice), the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral wasn't completed until the early 20th century.

KYIV, March 27 (Reuters) - Russian forces launched a massive drone attack overnight on Ukraine's Kharkiv region, injuring 21 people and damaging residential buildings and storage facilities ...

March 28 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Ukraine could be placed under a form of temporary administration to allow for new elections and the signature of key accords with ...

Talks between Russian and US officials concluded late Monday evening after more than 12 hours, the state-run Russian news agency RIA Novosti said. The high-stakes meeting came one day after ...

Russian hackers who attacked Ukraine’s State Railways Company, Ukrzaliznytsia (UZ) aimed to disrupt train schedules and destabilize control systems, Ukrzaliznytsia spokesperson Oleksandr Shevchenko ...

It came as US and Russian officials on Monday began talks ... when Easter Sunday falls in both Western and Orthodox churches. However, a senior Army source told The Telegraph that any plan the ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he hopes the US will "stand strong" in the face of Russian demands to lift sanctions as a condition for a ceasefire in the Black Sea. Moscow said a ...