(RNS) — While the Orthodox Church of Ukraine’s letter ... The feast day, which commemorates the baptism of medieval Kyiv, has also been designated as Ukrainian Statehood Day by the Ukrainian ...

unite with love for God and our Motherland," Metropolitan Onufry, head of the Moscow-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church, said. Ukraine and Russia both trace their history back to the medieval ...

REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne Locals pray during mass in the Church at Putna Monastery ... REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne Father Mikhail offers Ukrainian refugees food at their hospitality tent in Siret.

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church has officially separated from that of Russia, in what has been hailed as the biggest split in Christianity to take place in a millennium. While Ukraine's President ...

METROPOLITAN Hilarion of Volokolamsk, a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, recently expressed hope that the new pope, Francis, will continue the policy of rapprochement with the Orthodox ...

For many Ukrainian Orthodox Christians, this year will mark the first time they celebrate Christmas on Dec. 25. The move is meant to distance the church from the Russian Orthodox Church ...

Ukraine currently has three Orthodox denominations: the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC+MP), which remained subordinate to Russia after the breakup of the Soviet Union ...