Father Spyridon has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in a monastery carved into a cliffside high above the Aegean Sea ...

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, released doves from the steps of Moscow's Annunciation Cathedral ...

Ilja, Kirill's spiritual father, had been awarded the highest monastic title, that of ‘archimandrite with the skhima’, a ...

Eugenio Alliata's office in Jerusalem resembles any archaeology workshop that prefers fieldwork. On the overcrowded shelves, ...

The Russian Orthodox Church has a long history of close links to the Kremlin. It also has a key role in justifying the ...