Moldova’s Orthodox clergy, after all-expenses-paid pilgrimages to Russia, spread anti-Western messages online, influencing the country’s pivotal elections with Russian backing. Father Mihai Bicu, a ...

CHISINAU (Reuters) - Moldova's president waded carefully on Thursday into a row pitting the ex-Soviet state's two rival Orthodox churches against each other over Russian influence, saying churches ...

Dust covered their shoes as the Americans walked the rutted dirt roads through the villages outside Chisinau, Moldova, and handed out bags of food. The villagers have nothing but concrete block stucco ...

The Metropolis of Moldova has dismissed a call by priests to end its allegiance to Moscow despite growing unease over Russia’s war in Ukraine. The leader of the Moldovan Orthodox Church and His ...

DUBASARI VECHI, Moldova -- Sitting in the darkened nave of the church where he has led prayers and provided spiritual support for 19 years, a silver crucifix pendant standing out against his black ...

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WSMV) -Some Tennesseans are in Europe helping Ukrainian refugees. Members of Rolling Hills Community Church in Williamson County have people helping in Moldova, a country ...

The EU has warned that Moldova has once again become a primary target of Russian disinformation campaigns ahead of 28 September's parliamentary elections. Authorities in Chișinău have identified ...

It is a little like the proverbial unstoppable force running up against an immovable object. Moldova's reformist, pro-EU ruling coalition is increasingly running up against the country's powerful, ...

CHISINAU - A new dispute underscored the split in Moldova's Orthodox faith on Wednesday as the ex-Soviet state's largest church rejected any notion that it was a "Russian church" while a rival church ...

SENIOR officials in Moldova have called for calm and respect for the law regarding church property after a group of believers clashed with police after a prolonged dispute. The incident, in the ...