March 22, 2025: Desperate to find more justifications for its war in Ukraine, Russia has turned to its small surviving Cossack community to inspire military age Russian men to serve in the military.

Take the wild history of the Cossacks in the Ukraine. Add the birth of nationalism and the drawing in of the principalities around Moscow to form a modern country. Include Eastern Orthodoxy’s long ...

After the country’s shift to the new church calendar two years ago, the date was moved from Oct. 14 to Oct. 1. This day honors all those who have defended and continue to defend Ukraine: fallen ...