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 ...

Since Russia's invasion began, more than 100 religious leaders and activists have faced persecution for opposing the war.

The Russian Orthodox church on the outskirts of Alaska’s biggest city is packed with treasures for the Christian faithful: religious icons gifted by Romanov czars, panels of oil paintings and ...

Members of the Russian Orthodox Christian Church welcomed the bishop of Syracuse to the new temple in Winfield on Wednesday morning. Bishop Luke of Syracuse, abbot of Holy Trinity Monastery and rector ...

EKLUTNA, Alaska — The Russian Orthodox church on the outskirts of Alaska’s biggest city is packed with treasures for the Christian faithful: religious icons gifted by Romanov czars, panels of ...

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.

Earlier this summer, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Ukraine, posted that Russian soldiers had seized the city’s Ukrainian Christian Evangelical Church of the Holy Trinity. After ruthlessly ...

The new Ukrainian law, which passed the country’s Parliament on Aug. 20, bans the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukrainian territory.

WINFIELD — Members of the Russian Orthodox Christian Church welcomed the bishop of Syracuse to the new temple in Winfield on Wednesday morning. Bishop Luke of Syracuse, abbot of Holy Trinity ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a Christmas liturgy at the Transfiguration Cathedral in St. Petersburg early on Jan. 7, 2020. In the U.S., Orthodox Christianity is a relatively small ...

The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has denounced Russia's seizure of a Catholic church in Ukraine's Kherson region, calling the structure's rededication for the Russian Orthodox ...

Of more than 40,000 clergymen in the Russian Orthodox Church, only 300 priests signed a public letter calling for peace in Ukraine.