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Russian Orthodox Church to seek leniency for woman jailed over Easter cake hookah

The Russian Orthodox Church plans to petition a Moscow appeals court for a lighter sentence for a woman recently imprisoned ...

Bulgaria opposes EU plans to include Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill in latest sanctions package

Bulgaria has stated its objection to the European Union's 21st sanctions package against Russia over plans to include ...

Russia’s strike on centuries‑old Ukrainian monastery complex reveals its growing desperation

This attack has been widely understood as a Russian attempt to eradicate Ukrainian identity, and target a site that is ...
Catholic Standard

Catholic, Orthodox leaders condemn Russian attack on Kyiv cathedral

Catholic and Orthodox leaders are expressing shock and outrage after a Russian drone strike heavily damaged a historic ...
Associated Press

A US Orthodox influencer spoke against Russia’s war. Then she was ousted as a nun

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 — ...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Pro-War Policies Put Russia's Orthodox Church Under Increasing Pressure Outside Russia

Earlier this month, on the same day that Ukrainian lawmakers effectively moved to ban an entire branch of the Russian Orthodox Church, the leader of Bulgaria's Orthodox Church publicly weighed in with ...

Historic Orthodox Cathedral Burns in Russian Attack on Kyiv

A bishop reported that many holy items had been recovered from the church, at the site of the Perchersk monastery, a revered ...
Time

Why Russia Wants Its Orthodox Churches Back

Though not even two decades have passed since the Soviet state collapsed in 1991, the Orthodox Russians who came to France to flee communism say they’re starting to view Moscow with mistrust again.