The Holy New Confessor John, a native of Russia, was captured during the Russian campaign against the Turks in 1711 and was thereafter sold into slavery in Asia Minor. In this condition he struggled ...

with Russian monks who crossed the Bering Strait to bring the Gospel to natives of Alaska. Churches designated “Greek Orthodox,” “Russian Orthodox,” and so on, belong to the same worldwide ...

In response to the tragic humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, and the immediate aid needed there, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America announced a major fundraising effort today that will help ...

The Coptic, Greek and Russian Orthodox churches also recognize these ... As St. Augustine writes, "I would not have believed the Gospel had not the authority of the Church moved me." ...

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 ...

Few people think twice about barcodes, but in the 75 years since they were first dreamed up, they have helped save lives, gone into space and stoked fears of the Antichrist.

This is the recently built Russian Orthodox Church on the outskirts of the Swedish town of Västerås — to its backers, an innocent place of worship; but to an increasingly vocal group of critics, a ...

They have further claimed that the UOC Metropolitan Theodosius, the equivalent of a bishop in the Orthodox Church, was injured. The reports include comments from Russian Foreign Ministry ...

Originally conceived in the mid-1800s to honor Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich (who died in Nice), the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral wasn't completed until the early 20th century.

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On Tuesday, members of Saint George Russian Orthodox Church arrived for an evening service to find a large pile of trash abandoned in their parking lot. Arch Priest Michael van Opstall ...

But believers from the rival Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), which has long been linked to the Russian church, took over the building and barricaded themselves inside. They used tear gas to fend ...