Churches across Ukraine are urging Christians worldwide to join a “Day of Prayer for Ukraine” on Aug. 24, coinciding with the country’s 34th Independence Day. The Ukrainian Council of Churches and ...

Near bloody battles between Ukrainian and Russian forces in east Ukraine, a very different kind of conflict is taking place: a battle for believers' souls. Two rival Orthodox churches -- one set up ...

The gospel has sustained the people of this besieged nation throughout their history and now inspires them to practical works of aid and mercy during this time of war. Shortly after the Russian ...

Ukrainian government moves to ban Orthodox church branch it says failed to completely sever longstanding ties with pro-war Moscow. Action deepens religious battleground in war, coming year after ...

The top figure in Eastern Orthodox Christianity on Sunday declared that "Ukraine's sovereignty is not up for debate, nor can it be negotiated under the guise of diplomacy," as he celebrated Mass in ...

PROSPECT HEIGHTS — AS UKRAINE AND THE UNITED STATES SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WEDNESDAY, April 30, a Brooklyn bishop also met with the Ukrainian Council of Churches. The Most Rev. Robert Brennan, leader of ...

The spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians, speaking Friday before a New York audience, defended his 2019 decision to recognize an independent church in Ukraine, and he denounced the Russian ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill (L) on Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on Nov. 4, 2023. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has formally charged 14 ...

Hello, this is Asami Terajima reporting from Kyiv on day 1,414 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story: ...

The Ukrainian government has declared that a branch of the Orthodox Church has failed to sever its longstanding ties with Moscow — and could soon be banned. The looming ban affects one of the two ...