Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych, head of the worldwide Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, delivers the homily during a Mass of thanksgiving for Aid to the Church in Need at St.

Last weekend, at a special midnight service in a packed church in Udine, in northeast Italy, a priest led his flock of Ukrainian, Russian and Eastern European immigrants through their usual Orthodox ...

Andrei Tkachev has become known for fiery sermons in which he says death in war is the best way to go. He's just one of many pro-war Russian Orthodox priests in a church that, according to one senior ...

DUBASARI VECHI, Moldova -- Sitting in the darkened nave of the church where he has led prayers and provided spiritual support for 19 years, a silver crucifix pendant standing out against his black ...

Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, center, attends a ceremony consecrating the Cathedral of Russian Armed Forces outside Moscow in June 2020. (Credit: Andrey Rusov, Defense Ministry Press ...

This article was published in partnership with Religion News Service. Two days before he launched a bloody invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin sat alone in front of a camera and ...

The largest organization of religious leaders in Ukraine is backing a proposal by that nation's president — approved by Ukrainian lawmakers Aug. 20 — to ban the Russian Orthodox Church and its ...