A Ukrainian delegation to the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington will make the case that Russia threatens the religious freedom of Christians who don’t follow the Russian Orthodox Church.

Russia broke ties with the Constantinople Patriarchate in 2018 after it granted independence (autocephaly) to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which previously answered to Russia. But, said ...

Russian forces attacked the city of Zaporizhzhia with a ballistic missile on the morning of 18 January, damaging St Andrew's Cathedral, a church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).

Military medic Natalya carried a jug of water blessed by priests at the Sviatogirsk monastery in eastern Ukraine as she celebrated Orthodox Epiphany in a Russian-affiliated church, despite the war.

Pope Francis, who was admitted to a hospital in Rome for bronchitis, is in “fair” condition with a “respiratory tract ...

Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), met the leader of the independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) Metropolitan Epiphaniy on 14 ...

Orthodox priests from Russia are facing repression for opposing Russian policies and the invasion of Ukraine. Many have fled, facing difficulties in resettling, such as finding jobs and learning ...

“Russians call us American agents, American spies, because we have a lot of Christian believers, brothers and sisters, here ...

In December 2022, Ukraine imposed sanctions against him and other leaders of the Russia-affiliated Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The former MP followed the instructions of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow ...

Vladimir Putin accused Jews of attacking the Russian Orthodox Church and suggested that they ... what we cherish and the majority of the Ukrainian people cherish as well.” Critics of Putin ...

Orthodox Christians in Russia marked the feast day of Epiphany on Sunday with a traditional dip into icy water even as local emergencies issued weather warnings. Local media showed people bathing ...

They are being subjected to blatant repression. This is likely a consequence of the ongoing situation with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, as these states move to push similar churches out of ...