Bill proponents argue it would prevent extremism, while critics say it could worsen tensions between ethnic Estonians and ...

Russia’s full-scale invasion, which began in February 2022, has deepened religious divisions within the Orthodox Church in Eastern Europe, particularly between the similarly named yet distinct ...

Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Church, has zealously backed Russia’s ‘special military operation’ and castigates a morally ...

Anastasios played a key role in reviving the church in Albania, an independent branch of the Eastern Orthodox Church, after being elected to lead it in 1992 following the fall of the communist ...

The Orthodox Church of St Peter and Paul, which opened in 1898, has changed ownership from the Russian Orthodox Church to the ...

also known as the Eastern Orthodox Church, is the second largest stream in Christianity, mainly centered in Russia, Eastern Europe, the Balkans and the Middle East. Rosen said the cautious nature ...

Bulgarian parliament recognized Bulgarian Orthodox Church as the sole representative of Eastern Orthodox Christianity in the country, after a new bill adopted by the parliament. The bill was ...

Visit the homepage for more information. Eastern Orthodox churches today, to be differentiated from Roman Catholic communions of the Eastern Rite, are those churches which find their apostolic head in ...

A Ukrainian delegation to the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington will make the case that Russia threatens the religious freedom of Christians who don’t follow the Russian Orthodox Church.