Kirill is a leading ideological supporter of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and has frequently asserted that Ukrainians and ...

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, leader of Russia’s dominant religious group, has sent his strongest signal yet justifying his country’s invasion of Ukraine — describing the conflict as part of a ...

Pope Francis celebrates the Holy Mass of Palm Sunday in Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City on March 24, 2024. Photo by Riccardo Antimiani/EPA-EFE March 24 (UPI) --Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill, ...

(RNS) — Kirill's appearance underlined the importance of the soft-power influence that the Russian Orthodox Church exerts for Moscow in Africa. (RNS) — Meeting with African leaders late last month, ...

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Vladimir Gundyaev, has been accompanied for more than 50 years by a female companion ...

President Trump, Don’t Fall into Putin’s Arms Control Trap The thoroughly politicized Moscow Orthodox Patriarchate has been instrumental in supporting Russia’s unjust war. Just before Christmas, the ...

The supposed "persecution of Christians" in Ukraine ranks among the most popular tropes of Russian disinformation. Kremlin ...

He said he was in Ukraine on a pilgrimage to promote spiritual unity. But his critics say he was on a mission from the Kremlin to buttress Moscow’s influence over its neighbor. Patriarch Kirill, the ...

MINSK, 20 November (BelTA) – Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has congratulated Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia on his birthday, BelTA learned from the press service of the ...

Several monks from the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (Monastery of the Caves) in Kyiv have moved to EU member states following the termination of the agreement that allowed the Moscow Patriarchate to use ...

MINSK, 23 December (BelTA) - The documentary series Time Chose Us on the Belarus 1 TV channel examined why Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk Filaret, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus, refused to take ...

ISTANBUL (RNS) — Many who opposed Daniil, the new Patriarch of All Bulgaria, worry that his election represents a sharp turn away from the policies of his predecessor, Neophyte I, who is remembered as ...