ISTANBUL (RNS) — The Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul appears intent on capitalizing on the Russian attack, keeping up a ...

Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has recently accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of “heresy” over ...

Russia is the “spiritual adversary of the Western civilisation”, the Patriarch of Moscow said as he marked Orthodox Christmas ...

Russia’s SVR casts the Ecumenical Patriarch as a Western proxy, treating Baltic church independence as a security threat and ...

EADaily, January 19th, 2026. In his Epiphany sermon, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia called Russian President ...

In January 2026, Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) launched a blistering attack on Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, labeling him the "Constantinople Antichrist," "antichrist in a cassock," ...

A national consensus on key issues of the existence of the state is mandatory, and leaving it can be considered treason with legal consequences. This was announced on January 7 by Patriarch Kirill of ...

There should be a public consensus on the most important issues in Russia, and those who would disagree with the proposed decisions should be considered "traitors to the Motherland," Patriarch of ...

On 14 January, Russia celebrated the "Old New Year" (Старый Новый год, Staryy Novyy god), the New Year based on the Julian ...

Does the far right’s capture of a debased Christianity matter in the UK, where religion holds far less sway than in the US? Given America’s superpower status, and the reluctance of global leaders to ...

The Russian Orthodox Church launched a nationwide prayer service this weekend that urges women against having an abortion, ...