Ukraine’s security service accused the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of supporting ‘the policy of the Russian ...

Officials with the Moscow-aligned church say they have taken steps to distance themselves from Patriarch Kirill. Clergy in Kyiv issued a statement last year formally condemning the invasion.

OPAC, a U.S.-based advocate for the global Orthodox church called on church leaders, clergy and the faithful of the Moscow Patriarchate "to resist Kirill's slavish submission to the Putin regime." ...

Newsweek has reached out to the Moscow Patriarchate for comment via email. Pope Francis (R) and the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, are pictured during a historic meeting in ...

Updated at 2:00 p.m. ET on May 9, 2024. In late August of 2018, Patriarch Kirill, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, flew from Moscow to Istanbul on an urgent mission. He brought with him ...