The city is exhausted by war, but during my first visit since the fall of the old regime, a sense of optimism prevailed ...

Plans for a skyscraper art installation inspired by JRR Tolkien’s ‘Eye of Sauron’ to open in Moscow tomorrow night have been scrapped after complaints from the Russian Orthodox Church.

The new church will reflect the traditional Byzantine architecture associated ... She grew up in the Antiochian Orthodox Church, sister to the Greek and Russian Orthodox churches.

Religious sites in France aren’t just places of worship—they’re architectural and cultural icons, filled with centuries-old artistry and history. From grand cathedrals to intimate chapels, each site ...

The archaeological sites of Old Cairo are being transformed and upgraded as part of plans to turn the district into a more ...

How the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra has changed after the expulsion of the Moscow Patriarchate, whether it can reclaim the shrine, what will happen to the frescoes that carry pro-Russian narratives, and what ...

Surrounded by churches and monasteries, it was a centre for Orthodox spirituality as well as Russian architecture. Its medieval monuments ... The most ancient Russian Old Church Slavonic manuscripts ...

In a Moscow suburb, locals have been battling against city officials and the Russian Orthodox Church to stop construction of a new church in a city park. This construction project is part of a plan to ...

Off the road system, any big event requires a unique set of logistics. For the upcoming glorification of St. Olga in the ...

THE Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has charged 14 senior figures in the Russian Orthodox Church with aiding the illegal transfer and seizure of churches in the temporarily occupied territories in ...

MOSCOW, May 9 (Reuters) - Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, sent a message of congratulations on Friday to Pope Leo, whose predecessor Pope Francis had criticised Kirill's ...

Venerable Sergius of Radonezh (1314 – 1392) was medieval Russia’s spiritual leader and is worshipped as a saint by both the Russian Orthodox and the Catholic churches. His hagiography ...