The closed-door trial is the latest in a crackdown on dissent in Russia that intensified following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

The Gornal St. Nicholas Monastery, established in 1671 by hieromonks from the Ostrogozhsk Monastery, has been under Ukrainian artillery fire since August 2024. Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All ...

When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, it didn’t just redraw borders and shatter homes – it fractured churches.

The Riigikogu last Wednesday approved amendments to the Churches and Congregations Act aimed at ensuring religious organizations in Estonia cannot be used to incite hatred or violence.

Russia’s war on Ukraine continues, despite US attempts to broker a ceasefire. Russia has repurposed history to build its ...

This year is not only the 1,700th anniversary of the first ecumenical council of the church, but also one of the years when Catholic and Orthodox Easter celebrations coincide — an occasion to reflect ...

The Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations, the largest organization of religious leaders in Ukraine, also ...

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

The Estonian Internal Security Service writes in its new yearbook that the Estonian Christian Orthodox Church — formerly MPEÕK — held covert negotiations with Russia in 2024 to fund a Russian-language ...

Keith Kellogg, President Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine, condemned Russia’s attack on a Palm Sunday gathering in Ukraine. “Today’s Palm Sunday attack by Russian forces on civilian targets ...

Three ideological currents – ultraconservative Christians, national-populists and techno-libertarians – though often at odds, ...

Although they have long upheld the Christian tradition of pacifism, Ukrainian Protestants have been forced to reassess their ...