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3 days ago · On 21 June 2023, Metropolitan Leonid (Gorbachev) of Klin, a hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, decried the Ukrainian Orthodox Church's decision to separate from the Moscow Patriarchate and declared that the Russian Orthodox Church would absorb UOC dioceses in areas of Ukraine occupied by Russia.
Jun 1, 2024 · Saint Timothy's is a mission church of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, within the Eastern American Diocese. Our church was founded in September 2020 with the blessing of our ruling hierarch, His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York.
In Russian Orthodox churches, an ancient language, which was created in the ninth century by the holy brothers Cyril and Methodius, is still spoken today. Even if you know Russian very well,...
4 days ago · KYIV, Ukraine — Increasing numbers of Orthodox Church leaders have been speaking out against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and all of them — with the notable exception of the Orthodox patriarch of Moscow and his ecclesiastical allies — have condemned the military operation and urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to halt the war.
17 hours ago · The Archons of the Orthodox Church meeting in Athens have announced they will honor Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition hero Alexei Navalny with the 2024 Athenagoras Human Rights Award. The Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate is a devoted group of passionate leaders, relentlessly focused on protecting religious freedom for all ...
3 days ago · The Russian Orthodox prelate, who served as head of the Russian Orthodox Church’s foreign office from 2009 until mid-2022, told Orthodox American writer Rod Dreher in December that he was shocked by the document when it was published, adding that he thought it was “deceitful but also dangerous.”
1 day ago · Russia is a secular state by constitution, and its largest religion is Eastern Orthodox Christianity, chiefly represented by the Russian Orthodox Church. Orthodox Christianity, together with Islam, Buddhism, and Paganism (either preserved or revived), are recognised by Russian law as the traditional religions of the country, part of its ...
