This is the recently built Russian Orthodox Church on the outskirts of the Swedish town of Västerås — to its backers, an innocent place of worship; but to an increasingly vocal group of critics, a ...

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has given his holy blessing to the death penalty, should Russian officials wish to lift the country’s moratorium. Kirill told a veterans’ group on Monday that ...

On Tuesday, members of Saint George Russian Orthodox Church arrived for an evening service to find a large pile of trash abandoned in their parking lot. Arch Priest Michael van Opstall ...

“But in war, all means are good, and the Russian Orthodox Church no longer shies away from using any mechanisms, including purely occult ones.” ...

Vladimir Gundyayev, Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), amid the discussion in Russia about lifting the moratorium on the death penalty, stated that the ROC does not condemn this ...

LEADERS of the Moscow-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) have condemned a decision by the Russian Orthodox Church to replace one of their metropolitans with a Russian, in a sign of widening ...

"Historical evidence demonstrates that the Soviet KGB controlled the Orthodox Church extensively, recruiting many priests. This intertwining of Russian state power and secret services necessitates ...

The Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Province of the Niger, has called on the Nigerian Federal Government to end the prosecution of minors who were detained for allegedly flying a Russian flag.

The next time, in July this year, while singing in church, he glorified the "Russian land", called Russia his "motherland", and called on people to pray for it. The suspect also posted a video of his ...

The Murmansk church project has stirred heated debate over several years. Disputes between city residents and representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church led to Metropolitan Mitrofan (Alexei ...