The Russian Orthodox Church has supported building the statue of a man widely accused of killing thousands of people during the Middle Ages. The Governor of Oryol, a city south of Moscow, has been at...
The Russian Orthodox Church has backed a production of the musical Jesus Christ Superstar despite protests from believers who say it could be blasphemous. "It is not right to forbid an artist from dr...
The Russian Orthodox Church has said it is severing ties with the leader of the worldwide Orthodox community after his decision to grant Ukrainian cle Metropolitan Hilarion said the church's Holy Syn...
The Russian Orthodox Church has expressed support of President Vladimir Putin's decision to bomb Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria, calling the fight against The comments come after Russia conduct...
A new law punishing parents in Russia who smack their children has been branded unbiblical by the country's Orthodox Church which has taken the unusual step of The Russian premier, who has enjoyed c...
The Russian Orthodox Church has spoken out against a plan to legalise polygamy in the country. A legal advisor in Islamic law, known as a mufti, has said specifically allowing men to have more than o...
The leader of the Orthodox Church in Russia has accompanied President Vladimir Putin on a trip to Greece to negotiate energy deals. It is the Russian president's first trip to a European Union count...
The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church has asked for prayers for those impacted by a bombing at a metro station in St Petersburg on Monday. Patriarch Kirill said in a statement that there was neve...
The Russian Orthodox Church is moving forward with new guidelines seeking to ban priests from blessing weapons of mass destruction and other large military hard The priests are being urged to ditch t...
The Russian Orthodox Church has warned that it would sever ties with the leader of the worldwide Orthodox community if he grants autonomy to Ukraine's Orth The stern warning follows Ecumenical Patria...
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has signed a petition calling for a total ban on abortion in Russia. Patriarch Kirill put his name to the document after worshipping with campaigners from the ...
The patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church has blessed a new cathedral which neighbours the Eiffel Tower. Patriarch Kirill, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, led the sanctification cerem...
The Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church has written a letter to Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko, urging them to end the Ukraine conflict. Patriarch Kirill said in his letter to the Russian a...
A region of Russia banned abortions for one day to pay tribute to the Massacre of the Innocents. Russian Orthodox leaders in the Yaroslavl region have declared 11 January a "day of silence without a...
The Ukrainian president has said Russian troops have entered his country. Petro Poroshenko has called an emergency meeting of his security and defence council after an assault by pro-Russian forces o...
A Russian TV channel has pulled an episode of The Simpsons off air after Russian Orthodox Church leaders deemed it offensive. In the episode, Homer Simpson walks into a church with Jeffrey 'Comic Boo...
RT have sent another broadcast company a chocolate model of Salisbury Cathedral, the spot the Salisbury spy poisoning suspects claimed they were visiting. The cathedral was cited by Alexander Petrov...
A woman is facing a prison sentence after posting a photo online in which she was lighting a cigarette with a candle at a church. According to The Times, the unnamed 21-year-old has been charged unde...
A toddler dressed as Pope Francis in his pope mobile has been awarded top prize at the White House fancy dress party by President Barack Obama. The American leader smiled as he caught sight of the bo...
An 82-year-old pro-life Christian activist has called on people to pray for the woman who allegedly attacked her outside Kentucky's only abortion clinic. Donna Durning, told the Louisville Courier Jo...
