The monks’ republic situated on the peninsula of Mount Athos in the north-western region of Greece was founded in 963 and is home to twenty monasteries with Orthodox monks from ... according to ...

Herbst In Peking’s “Bakschischrepublik” thus became the East German rock hymn to chronicle ... denouncing the Orthodox Church’s support for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

A number of Orthodox priests who are against Russia's invasion of Ukraine have sought refuge in Germany, where they face many challenges. After Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in ...

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 ...

The Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri, has opened a new yearlong “synodal” consultation process on sacred music after a now-rescinded decree from the bishop last fall banning certain hymns ...

The head of Russia's powerful Orthodox Church said in remarks published late on Tuesday that "weirdos" were trying to spread ...

The anti-abortion movement is on the rise in Russia, and the Kremlin is responding by changing the law to make terminations more difficult.

Orthodox Christians in Russia marked the feast ... and South Ossetia, as well as Russian soldiers purportedly in Ukraine’s Kherson region immersing themselves in water. However, unusually ...

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.

After Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, hundreds of Orthodox priests faced repression because they disagreed with the policies of Russian secular and church officials, ...

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).