Across Russian-occupied Ukraine, Kremlin troops have shuttered places of worship since the first invasion began in 2014.

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As part of an ongoing propaganda campaign, the deputy head of the Main Political ... bishops under Moscow's control. This happened as the authorities claimed that the Orthodox Church of Ukraine ...

The anti-abortion movement is on the rise in Russia, and the Kremlin is responding by changing the law to make terminations more difficult.

Before the cathedral ritual, Putin attended the church of St. George the Victorious with veterans of the Ukraine conflict, at Moscow's Poklonnaya Hill war memorial complex. Ukraine, which has had ...

A large majority of Ukrainians are Orthodox, but they are divided between two main groups with similar ... call the UOC the Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Moscow Patriarchate, as it was commonly ...

MOSCOW, March 17. /TASS reporter Alyona Topolyanskaya ... is the recent recognition of St. Patrick by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church. The day honoring his death has been put ...

The meeting at a Christmas service at the Church of St. George the Victorious on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow came as the church and its followers celebrated Christmas. Putin extended Christmas ...