MOSCOW, November 20. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia who turned 75 today with the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called ...

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) and Russia's Orthodox Patriarch Kirill (R) attending an Orthodox Christmas Service at the Christ the Saviour cathedral in Moscow, on January 7, 2024.

If Vadim is meant to be Putin, then Russian audiences waste little time before linking the priest to another prominent national figure, namely Kirill [Cyril], Metropolitan of the country’s ...

After attending a midnight Orthodox Christmas service in Moscow on January 7, Vladimir Putin asked Patriarch Kirill to bless a collection of crosses and religious icons to be distributed to Russian ...

On Orthodox Christmas, marked by Russian occupiers on Jan. 7, Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, at Putin’s request, blessed the crosses and icons for servicemen. The crosses will be ...

TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Orthodox Christians and all Russian citizens on Easter, the Kremlin press service said on Sunday.

Kirill praises the "particular model of collaboration between Church and State in our country", which "has never been seen in the past", thus placing “Tsar” Putin above all princes ...

Vladimir Putin met the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, on Tuesday with gifts he asked the Patriarch to bless for troops fighting in Ukraine. The meeting at a Christmas ...

He also attended a ceremony at Christ the Saviour Cathedral where he called on strongly pro-war Russian Orthodox patriarch Kirill to bless nine pectoral crosses and icons which Putin will present ...

Moscow-based poet, translator, and activist Kirill Medvedev ... the international left can campaign against President Vladimir Putin’s repressive regime. Following Navalny’s death, RSD ...

Putin asked to engrave his initials on the chains of some of the crosses that Kirill blessed and that will be sent to the soldiers fighting on the front line in Ukraine. The Russian leader ...