Ukraine's State Service for Ethnic Policy has ordered the monastery to prove within one month that it has no ties to the Russian Orthodox Church.

Father Vladimiras Seliavko risked everything when he decided to condemn the Russian war against Ukraine. His parishioners turned into his enemies, his relatives left him, his family was told that he was a traitor. On the other hand, it was impossible to be a priest who blesses war criminals, he said.

Spotlight on Ukraine 26 | Olena Bogdan

At a rural school in Russia’s Tver region this March, a class of ninth-grade students examined models of fetuses during a lesson.

Russia’s lower house of parliament passed legislation governing the development of artificial intelligence in the country. The bill cleared two readings in two days — first reading on July 7, second and third readings on July 8.

The Kyiv Independent found that a mass Meta ban on posts about the Russian attack on the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra stemmed from two causes: one questionable photo and a technical glitch on Meta's part. Facebook and Instagram have been restricting and labeling posts about Russia's attack on the historic Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra as containing false information, social media users and Ukrainian media, including the Kyiv Independent, report. The Kyiv Independent's social media team was among those affected.

Ukrainian historian Dmytro Hordienko explains how the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery "is one of the great centers of Ukrainian spirituality—not only ...

Tallinn has given the Estonian Christian Orthodox Church until late December to appoint a new metropolitan and break from the Moscow Patriarchate.

Italy has joined Bulgaria in expressing concern over the European Commission's proposal to impose targeted sanctions on the head of the Russian Orthodox

Russian court releases bar employee sentenced to jail time over Easter cake hookah

The Ministry of the Interior has given the Estonian Christian Orthodox Church, which is affiliated with the Moscow Patriarchate, six months to appoint a new metropolitan and sever its ties with Patriarch Kirill.

A lay worker is found dead at one of Russia's most venerated monasteries. Mysteries abound.

The Ministry of the Interior has given the Estonian Christian Orthodox Church, which is affiliated with the Moscow Patriarchate, six months to appoint a new metropolitan and sever its ties with Patriarch Kirill.

The Russian Orthodox Church Built an Ark and a Patrol, and the Same Men Run Both

The victims near Timbuktu were herders with no ties to armed groups, local sources and a rights group told RFI.

Pro-Kremlin social media users are blaming Ukraine for a strike that led to a fire at the Dormition Cathedral in Kyiv, a UNESCO World Heritage site. However, the images they say constitute “proof” were…

The Ukrainian Muslim minority has gained growing recognition in military, political and cultural spheres as it struggles to end Russia’s occupation of Crimea

A recent Russian drone strike on one of the most famous Orthodox cathedrals in Ukraine betray the hollowness of Putin's claims to defend Christian civilization

The Odesa Eparchy of the OCU has announced plans to remove frescoes depicting Russian saints from a church recently seized in Odesa.

Pro-Kremlin social media users are blaming Ukraine for a strike that led to a fire at the Dormition Cathedral in Kyiv, a UNESCO World Heritage site. However, the images they say constitute “proof” were…

Bulgarian Patriarch Daniil declined to directly address whether opposing sanctions on Russian Patriarch Kirill contradicts Bulgaria’s national interest, as the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church held a scheduled session alongside a meeting with Prime Minister Rumen Radev. When asked about the issue, Daniil said the stance against targeting the head of the Russian Orthodox Church was justified, arguing that such measures would not serve their intended purpose.

The European Union is proposing sanctions against the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church for inciting the war against Ukraine. Tatiana Kopaleishvili of the European Evangelical Alliance sees sufficient grounds to respond to the theological justification of an unjust war.

Power struggle inside the Russian Orthodox Church grows amid rumors about Patriarch Kirill’s health, corruption scandals, and succession battles.

The attack on Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra highlights a deeper objective in the Russia-Ukraine war: to erase memory and reshape historical narratives. This article explores why cultural heritage is a critical battleground in Russia's imperial project.

Since February 2022, Russia’s full-scale invasion has devastated Ukraine’s religious communities. Sacred sites have been destroyed, and clergy members have been killed.

Emergency crews in Kyiv have completed repair and conservation work on the roof of the Dormition Cathedral at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, which was damaged in a Russian attack overnight June 14-15, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said on Facebook.

The European Evangelical Alliance has condemned a Russian missile attack on Kyiv that killed nine civilians and set fire to one of Christianity's oldest monastic sites, calling the assault an attempt to erase Ukrainian identity and memory.

by the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate After His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew granted autocephaly to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) in January 2019, the Moscow Patriarchate severed communion with the Ecumenical Patriarchate and began efforts to undermine the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s unique status among the Orthodox Patriarchates, attempting to…

The strike illustrates a grim pattern in Russia’s conduct of the war – the systematic destruction of Ukrainian religious and cultural sites.

A delegation of the UCCRO during its visit to Brussels, Belgium, met with experts and representatives of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) and the Conference of European Churches (CEC).

Executive Summary: The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople has completed the process of restoring the Orthodox Church in Lithuania to Constantinople’s jurisdiction. It has welcomed dissident Orthodox priests from there, establishing an exarchate in that Baltic country and now enthroning a resident bishop (Novaya Gazeta Europe, June 13). Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople has challenged the position […]

The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has launched a psycho-spiritual rehabilitation programme for priests and Religious

Patriarch Kirill (Vladimir Gundyayev), the 79-year-old head of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), remains one of the most influential pillars of the

For the seventh time today, a dedicated Pride march winds through Berlin’s eastern housing estate of Marzahn. The Marzahn Pride is organized by Adam Baas,

The Russian Orthodox Church has emerged as one of the chief beneficiaries of the war and, as journalist Ksenia Luchenko, who studies the Church, one of its key ideological enablers. In this interview, she traces how the alliance between the ROC and the Kremlin has deepened since 2022, why Patriarch Kirill sees the war as serving the Church’s interests and how military priests are helping sanctify killing on the front lines.

The Security Service of Ukraine and law enforcement agencies have exposed the head of one of the Russian Orthodox Church’s religious organizations, who actively helped finance and supply Russian occupation forces with material and logistical resources.