TASS/. The Russian Orthodox Monastery of St. Panteleimon, or Rossikon, on Mount Athos is not planning to close its mission in Moscow, Hierodeacon Filosof, the monastery’s deputy father superior ...

It was transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church in 2023, and moved to the lavra - another word for a monastery - in 2024. It was reported earlier on Wednesday that the roof of the bell tower ...

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.

People plunge in icy water to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany near the St. Serafimovsky Monastery on Russian Island in Russian far east port Vladivostok, Russia, Sunday, Jan.

A Ukrainian delegation to the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington will make the case that Russia threatens the religious ...

The Russian Orthodox Church is involved in mobilizing ... when asked about the relations between the Danilov Monastery and the Kremlin, merely waves his hand. It is not only because he is wary ...

A number of Orthodox priests who are against Russia's invasion of Ukraine have sought refuge in Germany, where they face many challenges. After Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in ...

Across Russia, the devout and the daring celebrate Epiphany on Jan. 19 by immersing themselves in frigid water through holes cut through the ice of lakes and rivers, imitating the baptism of Jesus ...

18, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov) People plunge in icy water to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany near the St. Serafimovsky Monastery on Russian Island in Russian far east port Vladivostok ...