Military medic Natalya carried a jug of water blessed by priests at the Sviatogirsk monastery in eastern Ukraine as she celebrated Orthodox Epiphany ... 72-year-old Liuda Storozhuk, had seen her ...

Far from being a traditionalist, Russian President Vladimir Putin is merely the ... Peter’s reforms faced resistance from so-called Old Believers, Eastern Orthodox Christians whose liturgical and ...

In the 17th century, the Russian Orthodox Church underwent a controversial ... The people who adhered to the original rites were called Old Believers. Old Believers passed down the improbable ...

Currently, the Russian, Georgian, Jerusalem, Serbian Orthodox Churches, Athos monasteries in Greece, Eastern Catholic Churches and Old Believers celebrate the Baptism of the Lord on January 19.

Believers call him the Son of God ... he’s part of a 700-year-old Franciscan mission to look after and protect ancient religious sites in the Holy Land—and, since the 19th century, to excavate ...

One of Ukraine's biggest churches, the Ukrainian Orthodox ... of pro-Russian sentiment among its members. The issue of language used in church services and some venerated saints were identified as ...

It synthesizes recent ecumenical developments on this topic, responding to St. John Paul II's 30-year-old invitation to ... practical realities? Among Orthodox believers, significant educational ...

A number of Orthodox priests who are against Russia's invasion of Ukraine have sought refuge in Germany, where they face many challenges. After Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in ...

Orthodox priests from Russia are facing repression for opposing Russian policies and the invasion of Ukraine. Many have fled, facing difficulties in resettling, such as finding jobs and learning ...

After Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, hundreds of Orthodox priests faced repression because they disagreed with the policies of Russian secular and church officials, ...

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 ...