In 2020, for the first time during his presidency, Putin skipped Easter service due to the coronavirus ... s resurrection from the dead. The Russian Orthodox Church determines the date based ...

On Sunday 16 April, Russian President Vladimir Putin attended a midnight Orthodox Easter service at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. He was filmed and photographed at the event with ...

Area residents celebrated Russian Orthodox Christmas on Tuesday. A majority of Russian Orthodox churches worldwide use the Julian calendar, which celebrates Christmas on Jan. 7, instead of using ...

Despite it being a major holiday in both Ukraine and Russia, Orthodox ... "mutilated" by Russian artillery, the local governor said. "Usually we would come to our churches with Easter baskets.