KYIV, Ukraine — On a recent autumn afternoon, Ukrainian worshipers with a branch of the Orthodox church long tied to Moscow gathered on a street outside a monastery in Kyiv to sing and pray. They come ...
The Ukrainian government has declared that a branch of the Orthodox Church has failed to sever its longstanding ties with Moscow — and could soon be banned. The looming ban affects one of the two ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet with the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the ...
Drawn to its promise of a “trad” conservative lifestyle, young American men are increasingly converting to Russian Orthodoxy. But two generations ago, the Orthodox Church in the US was an ...
Born in 1972, Ivan Rumyancev grew up in Moscow, Russia. He was born into an Orthodox family during a time when religion was frowned upon in the Soviet Union. Today, he, his wife and two daughters live ...
Millions of Ukrainians still worship in Orthodox churches deeply influenced by Russian clergy who support Moscow's invasion, sparking a clash of... Anger grows over Ukraine's largest Orthodox church, ...