Since Russia's invasion began, more than 100 religious leaders and activists have faced persecution for opposing the war.

During the pope's Aug. 4 exchange with the Russian Orthodox auxiliary bishop, Stilwell said the bishop told Francis that he and his community had been disturbed by the "horror" of the war in ...

In Moscow, Patriarch Kirill has given his blessing to Vladimir Putin's war of aggression against Ukraine, and many Russian Orthodox bishops have joined him. Meanwhile in Rome, a courageous, previously ...

This bishop gave the pope an icon of the Virgin Mary and told the pope that even though he belongs to the Russian Orthodox Patriarchate of Moscow, which has been vocally supportive of Russia’s ...

Bishop Luke of Syracuse blesses the St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco Russian Orthodox Mission Church's Onion Dome and Cross on Wednesday, July 2, 2025. By Justin Strawser [email protected] ...

The Bristol Bay Times Unalaska commemorates 200 years of Russian Orthodox history with blessing of the Bishop’s House By Theo Greenly, Andy Lusk, KUCB News Published: October 1, 2024 ...

The Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), founded in 1995, became official in 2018 with the approval of Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I, who oversaw the separation after a unification council.

Vasyl Povorozniuk, metropolitan of the Luhansk Diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), has been accused of cooperating with Russian occupation authorities in ...

Members of the Russian Orthodox Christian Church welcomed the bishop of Syracuse to the new temple in Winfield on Wednesday morning. Bishop Luke of Syracuse, abbot of Holy Trinity Monastery and rector ...