The measure, which awaits President Volodymyr Zelensky’s signature, would further a long, post-Soviet split between two of the world’s largest Orthodox communities. By Andrew E. Kramer Ukraine’s ...

As President Donald Trump's administration works toward a diplomatic end to the war in Ukraine, the leaders of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) are warning that Vladimir Putin's Russia believes it ...

FILE In this file photo taken on Saturday, July 28, 2018, Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, right, Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria and ...

WARSAW, Poland (RNS) — Ukrainian authorities moved Wednesday (July 2) to strip Metropolitan Onufriy, the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, of his Ukrainian citizenship, citing alleged ties ...

Away from the frontlines, Ukraine is waging a different battle against Russia as it seeks to remove Moscow’s influence from religious institutions. President Volodymyr Zelensky signed into law a bill ...

Ukrainian lawmakers have voted to allow a Russia-linked branch of the Orthodox church to be outlawed, contrary to online claims, opens new tab saying the country banned Christianity. Posts on Facebook ...

The largest organization of religious leaders in Ukraine is backing a proposal by that nation's president — approved by Ukrainian lawmakers Aug. 20 — to ban the Russian Orthodox Church and its ...

A battle has erupted in Moldova over its links to the Russian Orthodox Church, seen by many as a tool of Moscow’s influence abroad. By Andrew Higgins Reporting from Balti and Rautel in northern ...

(Kyiv, October 30, 2024) – Ukraine’s new law banning religious organizations with ties to the Russian Orthodox Church is overly broad and could have far-reaching consequences for Ukrainians’ right to ...

CORRECTION: The head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Porfirije, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Patriarch Kirill in Moscow in April. An earlier version of this story included ...

(RNS) — A delegation of Orthodox Christian clergy and lobbyists met with Trump administration officials and members of Congress this week, igniting feuds among both U.S. Orthodox Christian and ...

(RNS) — Lawmakers in Estonia’s Parliament are debating a draft bill that would effectively require the Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, the Russian Orthodox Church’s presence in ...