In April 2018, he hosted Patriarch Kirill of Moscow during a historic visit—the first by a senior Russian Orthodox Church official to Albania. Amid the Orthodox Church’s division over the ...

Ukraine will no longer allow the Russian Orthodox Church to act as an instrument of Kremlin’s influence, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with British broadcaster and journalist ...

Armen Sarkisyan, the founder of a separatist battalion fighting in eastern Ukraine, died after an explosion in an apartment complex, according to reports citing the Russian authorities. By ...

KYIV, Feb 3 (Reuters) - The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission has recorded an "alarming rise" in reported executions of Ukrainian soldiers captured by the Russian armed forces during the war in ...

Immigration helped fuel the growth of America’s Orthodox churches more than a century ago. Now, it’s conversions from other Christian traditions fueling the growth of Holy Theophany Church in ...

A number of Orthodox priests who are against Russia's invasion of Ukraine have sought refuge in Germany, where they face many challenges. After Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in ...

A priest was attacked during Holy Mass at Prasadagiri Church in Kottayam, Kerala. The incident involved a dissident group and resulted in injuries and disruption. The altercation that occured at ...

The BBC has not been able to confirm Ukraine's claim that it was a deliberate Russian attack using a guided aerial bomb. Moscow blamed Ukraine for the bombing. Zelensky posted on X that the ...

Elite figure skaters — some of them youth athletes — returning home from a competition and training camp were among the passengers of the plane that crashed after colliding with a military ...

Missile attack damages historic buildings in Odesa, injures seven Zelenskiy emphasizes need to strengthen Ukraine's air defences Odesa governor reports repeated Russian military attacks on same ...