Pope Francis expressed hope for “reconciled ... Moscow where he met Tuesday with a top-ranking member of the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, the head of the Moscow ...

Pope Francis has added Saint Isaac the Syrian (640-700) to the list of saints celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church. Born ...

The concept of the Russkiy Mir, or Russian World, positions Russia as more than a nation; it is a unique civilization whose ...

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has given his holy blessing to the death penalty, should Russian officials wish to lift the country’s moratorium. Kirill told a veterans’ group on Monday that ...

As Russia fired missiles on several Ukrainian cities and Russian ... Church and the country. But one word has been missing: Russia. As the threat of war loomed over the world, Pope Francis called ...

Vladimir Gundyayev, Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), amid the discussion in Russia about lifting the moratorium on the death penalty, stated that the ROC does not condemn this ...

ROME – Italian Cardinal Mattel Zuppi, Pope Francis’s personal peace ... top ecclesial and government officials, including Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill. He also met Yuri Ushakov, Assistant ...

Pope Tawadros II received the President of Estonia, Alar Karis, and his accompanying delegation on Wednesday at the papal ...

Originally conceived in the mid-1800s to honor Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich (who died in Nice), the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral ... population. The church's onion domes, bright ...

According to a July 27, 2023, report from the Russian news agency Interfax, the Russian Orthodox Church opened more than 200 parishes in Africa between December 2021 and July 2023.

Regarding the Coptic Orthodox Church, Pope Tawadros explained that the church ... is rich in cultural influences from various backgrounds, including Russian, Polish, and Danish, and that it ...