Since the start of his "special military operation" in February 2022, Putin has turned to religion and closed ranks with the ...

Moscow Patriarch Kirill accused the West of "hating" Russia because it represents "an alternative path of civilizational ...

The governing synod of the Russian Orthodox Church’s demoted Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev to parish work following claims of ...

The patriarch of Russia's Orthodox Church, celebrating Christmas alongside Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, said on Tuesday ...

Russia's invasion, which began in February 2022, has also been a source of religious controversy within the Eastern Orthodox ...

Metropolitan Hilarion, once seen as Patriarch Kirill's successor, was dismissed by the Moscow Patriarchate amid allegations, ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin joined the congregation for an Orthodox Christmas service in Moscow on Monday evening.

Patriarch Kirill, leader of Russia's Orthodox Church, alongside President Putin, criticized the Western world for despising ...

After attending a midnight Orthodox Christmas service in Moscow on Vladimir Putin asked Patriarch Kirill to bless a ...

Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Putin had asked Patriarch Kirill to consecrate the crosses and icons ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin attended a Christmas mass in Moscow on Tuesday. Putin lit the candles in the Church of Saint ...

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin attended the Orthodox Christmas mass Monday night in a Moscow church with veterans of the ...