MOSCOW, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Russia on Tuesday condemned a move by Ukraine to ban a Moscow-linked branch of the Orthodox Church, describing it as an attack on Christianity and a blow to freedom of ...

But for almost half of U.S. Orthodox Christians, whose liturgy involves processions, incense, kissing icons and crosses and receiving Communion from a shared spoon and chalice, liturgical services ...

Pope Francis on Sunday sharply denounced the Ukrainian government’s recently enacted ban on Russian Orthodox Church worship, arguing that the faithful should not be barred from worshipping as ...

Pope Francis on Sunday condemned the Ukraine government's move to ban a Russia-linked branch of the country's Orthodox Church. "Do not touch churches," the pope said in his weekly prayers ...

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America attended the Blue Dream Gala hosted by the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons on Saturday evening, August 24, 2024. The ...

The bill’s main target is the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) which has historically been linked to the Russian Orthodox Church, also known as the Moscow Patriarchate. Zelensky referenced the ...

Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, this week defended a new Ukrainian law that aims to limit the influence of the Russian Orthodox Church in the ...

POCATELLO — The annual Greek Festival is set to take place this Saturday at the Greek Orthodox Church on North Fifth Avenue. Father Constantine Zozos of the Greek Orthodox Church said the ...

The Ukrainian parliament has banned a branch of the Orthodox church, linked to the Russian Orthodox Church. Kyiv says the church, called the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), has been spreading pro ...