Orthodox priests have emphasized the role of spiritual guidance in maintaining soldiers humanity during combat The Russian ...

The Russian Orthodox Church seeks to increase the number of military chaplains deployed with Russian forces in Ukraine ...

The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) has announced plans to increase the number of military chaplains deployed with Russian ...

A video showing Russian soldiers executing six unarmed Ukrainian prisoners of war is “appalling,” according to Major ...

puts dried oak wood on a fire outside a church in Sarajevo on January 6 as part of the Balkan tradition of burning oak branches, symbolizing the Yuletide log, on Orthodox Christmas Eve.

The Russian Orthodox Church plans to increase its military clergy from 300 to 1,500 in Russia's war against Ukraine.

is the final day in the Ukrainian Christmas celebration and honours the baptism of Christ in the river Jordan. Starting with a Devine Liturgy service at St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church ...

Propagandists fabricated an ad supposedly placed in a Ukrainian church and manipulated Google Trends ... the Gregorian calendar represents a deviation from Orthodox tradition. Celebrating Christmas on ...

Russia broke ties with the Constantinople Patriarchate in 2018 after it granted independence (autocephaly) to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which previously answered to Russia. But, said ...

Military medic Natalya carried a jug of water blessed by priests at the Sviatogirsk monastery in eastern Ukraine as she celebrated Orthodox Epiphany in a Russian-affiliated church, despite the war.

Although no clergy were present, about two dozen Unalaskans took part in a starring ceremony Jan. 7 under the direction of ...