The beards of Orthodox priests are some of their most striking attributes, marking them as different from other Western ...
Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Church, has zealously backed Russia’s ‘special military operation’ and castigates a morally ...
His parish falls under the administration of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople rather than the Russian Orthodox Church. Russia broke ties with the Constantinople Patriarchate in 2018 after ...
A senior Ukrainian Orthodox Church official recently warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin thinks the Kremlin is in a ...
The Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (MPEÕK) faces a critical choice: Break free from Moscow's yoke or ...
That brings us to 2025, which will see a remarkable coincidence: Both the Eastern and Western will hold Easter on the same ...
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, Greek Orthodox Church leaders, and the World Council of Churches also expressed their condolences. Respected for his ...
Antoine Arjakovsky, historian and ecumenical theologian, described the ongoing reconciliation efforts among Christians of different denominations in Ukraine, united by the violence of Russian ...
The delegation included representatives from the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Coptic Orthodox Church ... Pope Francis and Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople have expressed ...