Worshippers including President Vladimir Putin packed Moscow’s landmark Christ the Savior Cathedral for a night-time Easter service led by Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church ...

TASS/. Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill extended his greetings on Saturday to Russian Orthodox church goers ahead of Easter. In his message of greetings, the patriarch expressed hope that ...

Medvedev noted that on this day the hearts of the Orthodox believers ... Medvedev earlier attended Easter service in Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior. Russian President Vladimir Putin ...

In a gesture of unity, Orthodox priests have been encouraged to shave their beards, as a symbolic act of brotherhood with ...

Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral wasn't completed until the early 20th century. Tsar Nicholas II, the head of the tragic Romanov family, commissioned the ornate building not only to honor the ...

The United States, under President Donald Trump, is pushing for a full ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine by a date, which ...

Women sell colored eggs and Easter bread from the cathedral steps on its lovely, tree-lined block in Carnegie Hill. Parishioners and visitors can then have priest bless the food for the next day ...

The territories that have come under Russian control will no longer return to Ukraine. This was stated in an interview with ...