Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, sent a message of congratulations on Friday to Pope Leo, whose ...

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church recently commended Vladimir Putin over his handling of church and state relations ...

According to the Russian Orthodox Church, Kiev is trying to draw ... Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations Deacon Feodor Shulga told a round-table meeting in Russia’s Civic ...

It was a momentous event — the first time that the Catholic pope and the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church had met since 1054 when the schism between the two churches occurred.

a notable Russian Orthodox Church missionary to Japan, being elevated to the rank of bishop. Born Ivan Dimitrievich Kasatkin and the son of a deacon, Nicholas was consecrated as a bishop at a ...