Speaking to Georgia's religious and civil authorities on Saturday, Pope Francis affirmed the country's Christian identity, and called the Georgian Orthodox Church to recall the unity of baptism among ...

UNLIKE its western counterpart, eastern Christianity has always maintained close ties to the state. But the visit to Kyiv on July 27th of Patriarch Kirill I of the Russian Orthodox Church and Vladimir ...

This year, festivities involving Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill will be centered in the city of Orel in central European Russia MOSCOW, July 28. /TASS/. Russia and other countries where the ...

Romania’s Orthodox Church is under pressure to change its baptism ritual after a baby boy died following a ceremony in which he was immersed three times in water. More than 59,000 people have signed a ...

On July 28 Russia and other countries where the majority of the population espouses Eastern Orthodox Christianity mark the millennium since the passing away of St. Duke Vladimir, the medieval rule who ...