Ilja, Kirill's spiritual father, had been awarded the highest monastic title, that of ‘archimandrite with the skhima’, a ...

The Russian Orthodox Church, the largest of the Eastern Orthodox churches with an estimated 90 million members, strongly backs the invasion of Ukraine. Under Patriarch Kirill of Moscow ...

The real estate developer Steve Witkoff, whom President Trump made his plenipotentiary in foreign conflicts, is either ...

“The Church has merged into one with the State — Christians who disagree with Patriarch Kirill and the Russian World ideology now propagated instead of the gospel are persecuted,” the priest, the Revd ...

Under Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, the church has ostracised dozens of clergymen who have defied its official line. Last year, Moscow priest Dmitry ...

MOSCOW (JTA) — The newly elected head of the Russian Orthodox Church reached out to Jewish leaders. Patriarch Kirill, who was elected at a session in Moscow last week and enthroned Sunday ...

The Russian Federation never possessed these ... in need of any form of legitimacy to seek an alliance with Patriarch Kirill, allegedly a former KGB agent. One hopes that even Witkoff must suspect ...

US President Donald Trump said he thinks Vladimir Putin wants peace. Ukraine and its European allies don’t believe he does. More than anything, Putin wants to see a new global order — with Russia ...

“It’s very personal to them because they were all young KGB officers back ... The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, is one of the loudest supporters of the war.