However local emergency services in some regions cancelled events, saying it was too hazardous for worshippers to cut bathing ...

The monk chastised President Vladimir Putin as a “traitor to the Motherland” who was serving a Satanic “world government,” and denounced the head of the Russian Orthodox Church ...

Just as ancient Roman Empire had its protective geniuses of war, so in today’s dominant new patriarchal martyrology, the ...

A man steps down to plunge as a cross is reflected in icy water before celebrating the Orthodox Epiphany in the Stroginskaya ...

People plunge in icy water to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany near the St. Serafimovsky Monastery on Russian Island in ...

Military medic Natalya carried a jug of water blessed by priests at the Sviatogirsk monastery in eastern Ukraine as she celebrated Orthodox Epiphany in a Russian-affiliated church, despite the war.

The Russian Orthodox Church is involved in mobilizing ... when asked about the relationship between the Danilov Monastery and the Kremlin, just waves his hand. It's not only because he fears ...

After half an hour, we saw a cluster of buildings topped by the distinctive onion domes of the Russian Orthodox Church: the ...

SVYATOGIRSK (Ukraine), Jan 20 — Military medic Natalya carried a jug of water blessed by priests at the Sviatogirsk monastery ...