The Russian Orthodox Church amplifies the state’s voice, using Scripture to justify war and persecution. Those who disagree ...
The Russian Orthodox Church today is a state-controlled institution, a pillar of Vladimir Putin’s ideological architecture.
The forced transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia was described as a “deep wound inflicted upon the image of God".
Before 2022, Sister Vassa Larin was best known as an Orthodox nun who taught thousands on YouTube about saints and holy days. She became one of the most prominent female intellectuals in Orthodoxy — ...
The Ukrainian government has declared that a branch of the Orthodox Church has failed to sever its longstanding ties with Moscow — and could soon be banned. The looming ban affects one of the two ...
(RNS) — Bartholomew I, the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople and one of Orthodox Christianity’s most influential leaders, has begun a nearly two-week apostolic visit to the United States that ...