Father Deacon Innokenty Heckert attends a prayer service for peace in Ukraine at St. Innocent Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Anchorage, Alaska. (Kerry Tasker/Reuters) ANCHORAGE, Alaska—Dozens of ...

Russian Patriarch Kirill on August 23 enforced the decision to defrock Orthodox priest Andrei Kudrin over his prayers for reconciliation between Russians and Ukrainians. Orthodox priests across Russia ...

A Ukrainian Catholic leader urged people on Wednesday to “pray before the cathedrals of the Russian Orthodox Church throughout the world for peace in Ukraine.” In a video message issued on March 23, ...

ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — Standing in an old Orthodox church in Antalya with a Bible in one hand and a candle in the other, the Rev. Ioann Koval led one of his first services in Turkey after Russian ...

MOSCOW/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - After weeks of defying international pleas to free eight European officials they had captured in May, pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine released them unexpectedly ...

Priests ordered to pray for victory in Ukraine Church court says Moscow priest broke his oath over refusal Orthodox Church offers support for Putin and war Jan 13 (Reuters) - A prominent liberal ...

The Russian Orthodox Church on January 13 published a verdict calling for the expulsion of a priest who has made anti-war remarks and who failed to pray for the “victory of Holy Russia” in its war of ...