St. Innocent was born in 1797 to a poor family in a remote village in a rural area of Irkutsk...
Saint Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow, in the world Theodore, was descended from the illustrious noble lineage of the Kolichevi, occupying...
MOSCOW — People in a southeastern Moscow district have begun a campaign to stop the construction of a new mosque, RFE/RL’s...
Fr. Gabriel Bunge was a Benedictine monk in Switzerland who had been living the eremitical life since 1980. As a...
MOSCOW, August 30 (Itar-Tass) – A total of 200 Orthodox churches are expected to be built in Moscow’s residential areas....
Thank you, dear ones, for your support and prayers. I can’t express my pain in words. It’s like the pain...
Sergei Kivrin for The New York Times KOLOMNA, Russia — One of the most discordant debates in Russian society is...
Moscow (AsiaNews/Agencies) – Almost 70 per cent of Russians are in favour of the introduction of a course titled ‘Foundations...
Moscow (AsiaNews / Agencies) – The Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow has urged the governments of Muslim majority states to respect...
A recent request from Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill that the Mediterranean city of Antalya must have an Orthodox church has...
The newly elected Patriarch of Moscow Cyril, visiting the Church of Jesus Christ, the Holy Wisdom of God the...
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, right, with the newly elected Patriarch of Moscow Cyril II, left, at the Patriarchal Church of...
Brussels, Interfax – Archpriest Antony Ilyin, acting representative of the Moscow patriarchate in European international organizations, has called for the...