Pope Francis will meet Patriarch Kirill fully aware of the Russian patriarch’s close ... Orthodoxy are those that have broken their communion with the Moscow Patriarchate, not least because ...

In the course of my professional activities I have also spent some time with both Patriarch Kirill, when he was Russian Orthodoxy’s “foreign minister,” and more recently with his successor ...

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, released doves from the steps of Moscow's Annunciation Cathedral ...

The global Orthodox Christian Church has faulted the Patriarch Kirill of Moscow for his stance on Russia’s three-year ...

recognized the Orthodox Church of Ukraine as independent from Moscow in 2019 — a move that prompted Russian Patriarch Kirill and the Russian Orthodox Church to sever contact. “No force can ...

Patriarch Kirill (born Vladimir Gundyayev) has been a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, praising his rule as a ...

"Great Lent is a time for spiritual growth," the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill ... of the Sacraments of Confession and Communion. Observing 40 days of Great Lent means ...

Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople has ... all that serves unity," he said. The primate of the Russian Orthodox Church noted that Ukrainian authorities had tried to distance themselves ...

Pope Francis wrote a letter to Moscow Orthodox Patriarch Kirill calling on him ... In the letter - which was published on the website of the Russian Patriarchate, Mospat.ru - Francis stressed ...