A joint investigation by Russian opposition student journal DOXA and open-source outlet Kidmapping has shed light on the involvement of the Kremlin-backed Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) in assimilating ...

In February 2022, as Russian tanks rolled across the Ukrainian border, a small group of Russian Orthodox Christian clergy did something extraordinary. They published an open letter calling for peace ...

One bishop has now linked the conflict to what he calls moral and religious decline inside Russia.

ANTALYA, Turkey — Standing in an old Orthodox church in Antalya with a Bible in one hand and a candle in the other, the Rev. Ioann Koval led one of his first services in Turkey after Russian Orthodox ...

A military court in Moscow sentenced three sons of Orthodox priest Igor Ashcheulov on July 3 to lengthy prison terms for their intention to join Ukrainian armed forces. Ioann Ashcheulov received 17 ...