Sweden is reportedly probing a Russian Orthodox church in the town of Västerås over possible hybrid warfare techniques, a new ...

Swedish intelligence services believe that one of the country's Russian Orthodox churches could be a base for spying. Almost ...

Ukraine’s security service accused the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of supporting ‘the policy of the Russian ...

The Russian Orthodox Church is allied with President Putin. But in New York, some of its members are quietly anguished. By Liam Stack Last week, more than a dozen religious and political leaders ...

The Mosow Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, has blessed Russia's invasion of Ukraine. He's seen here at an economic summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 27.

The role of the Russian Orthodox Church has transformed dramatically since the Soviet Union’s collapse. Once persecuted, the church has now become a defining characteristic of Russian identity ...

BY SHALVA DZIDZIGURI -- In June, Russia abstained from participation in the gathering estimated to be the first meeting of fellow orthodox church leaders since 787 AD.

The Orthodox Church has a long history in Ukraine, one that is tied to the country's national identity. Some parishes identify solely with Ukraine, while others identify with Russia.

Both the Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox churches arose from the conversion of a Kyiv prince, Prince Vladimir in Russian and Volodymyr in Ukrainian, to Christianity in 988.

A second church, established after the Russian Revolution mainly for Ukranians in exile, returned to the country after independence. And in 1992 a third, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, was ...

Last month, the Russian Orthodox Church canonized a new saint: Olga Michael, who lived in the small ton of Kwethluk, Alaska, until her death in 1979. St. Olga is the first Yup’ik to be canonized in ...

EKLUTNA, Alaska (AP) — The Russian Orthodox church was established in Alaska on Kodiak Island in 1794 and missionaries spread the faith, baptizing an estimated 18,000 Alaska Natives.