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Ukraine war news – live: Putin praises Russian Orthodox Church for supporting war
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoVladimir Putin has praised the Russian Orthodox Church for its “massive, complex and truly selfless...
Orthodox mark Christmas, but the celebration is overshadowed for many by conflict
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoOrthodox Christians packed churches Saturday night for Christmas Eve services, a holiday...
Russia's War Against Evangelicals
Time via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA view of a destroyed Orthodox cross in the Our Lady of the Joy of All Who Sorrow Church in Bohorodychne, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on April 5, 2024. The...
High-level Ukrainian priest of Moscow-linked church charged for his pro-Russian statements
Kyiv Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe head priest of the Moscow-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Cherkasy Oblast was charged with...
Ukraine moves official Christmas Day holiday to Dec. 25, denouncing Russian-imposed traditions
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoUkraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday signed a law moving the official Christmas Day...
Putin orders 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine for observance of Orthodox Christmas
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRussian President Vladimir Putin ordered a 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine to observe Orthodox...
Claiming Christmas is Ukrainians’ latest salvo at Russia
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMAKARIV, Ukraine — Russia took nearly everything from Tetyana Kuvtun. So she’s retaliated in the...
Meet Kirill, Putin's personal patriarch
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPutin and Kirill. Illustrated | Getty Images, iStock Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church has been a stalwart champion of the war in Ukraine....
Orthodox Christmas: Why it's celebrated by some believers 13 days after Dec. 25
Associated Press via AOL· 5 months agoWhile much of the world has Christmas in the rearview mirror by now, people in some Eastern Orthodox...
Russian patriarch calls for Orthodox Christmas truce in Ukraine
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoPatriarch Kirill of Moscow, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, called on Thursday for both sides of the war in Ukraine to observe a Christmas truce. Orthodox Christians, including those ...