Raiser will meet with the leadership of the Russian Orthodox Church in Kiev, Ukraine; Minsk, Belarus; and Moscow, Russia and visit parishes and projects of the church. In Minsk, he will also make a ...

A unique book about Euphrosyne of Polotsk, printed in Braille with a tactile icon of the saint, has been prepared for publication in Minsk, the Belarusian Orthodox Church reports on its official ...

The Kyiv regime flagrantly violated the Charter’s provisions focused on language and religion, officially banning Russian and persecuting the Orthodox Church ... of the Minsk Agreements in ...

Immigration helped fuel the growth of America’s Orthodox churches more than a century ago. Now, it’s conversions from other ...

Archbishop Anastasios, an ecumenical movement leader credited with helping to revitalize the Orthodox Church in ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Archbishop Anastasios Yanoulatos, head of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania, leads the Easter ...

Archbishop Anastasios, head of the Orthodox Church of Albania, died at a hospital in Athens at the age of 95 on Saturday, the church announced.

He led the Albanian Orthodox Church for nearly 33 years. Under his leadership, after the fall of communism, more than 400 parishes were reopened and several new churches were built to support ...

The Russian Orthodox Church seeks to increase the number of military chaplains deployed with Russian forces in Ukraine ...

The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) has announced plans to increase the number of military chaplains deployed with Russian ...

Orthodox Christians in Russia marked the feast day of Epiphany on Sunday with a traditional dip into icy water even as local emergencies issued weather warnings. Local media showed people bathing ...

What was uniquely unveiled by the restoration of the 12th-century Saviour Transfiguration Church in PolotskThe restoration of the ...