Lyudmila Navalnaya (from left) and Anatoly Navalny, parents of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, and Navalny’s mother-in-law, Alla Abrosimova, visit the grave of the late Russian opposition ...

A priest who oversaw a memorial for late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has been suspended for three years by the head of the country's Orthodox Church. Dmitry Safronov held a memorial ...

The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) has become a central pillar of the Kremlin’s political and informational warfare strategy, which shapes narratives by fusing ...

(AP) – Dmitry Safronov held a memorial service by Navalny’s grave in Moscow on March 26 to mark 40 days since the politician’s death, an important ritual within Russian Orthodox tradition. The ...

Priest led memorial service 40 days after Navalny died No reason given by Church for punishing him Future to be decided after three years of 'penance' Other priests disciplined for opposition to war ...

After talks with United States President Donald Trump in Anchorage, Vladimir Putin met with Archbishop Alexei of Sitka and Alaska. The Russian president told the clergyman that before heading to ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill (L) on Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on Nov. 4, 2023. Estonia's parliament backed a resolution on May 6 to declare the ...

Ukrainian lawmakers on August 20 approved a bill banning religious organizations linked to the Russian Orthodox Church, which Kyiv has criticized for being supportive of Moscow's full-scale invasion.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Following the Angelus, his weekly prayer service at the Vatican, on Sunday (Aug. 25), Pope Francis criticized Ukraine’s decision to ban the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which has ...

The Russian Orthodox Patriarchate of Moscow has cut ties with the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, claiming his recognition of an independent Orthodox Church in Ukraine departed ...

FRACKVILLE — In the face of danger, first responders can use all the help they can get, several said during the annual blessing of vehicles Sunday at Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church. “When ...

Before Alaska’s largest city was founded, there were well-established small communities in the area. Now the municipality of ...