Vladimir Putin accused Jews of attacking the Russian Orthodox Church and suggested that they lacked family and “roots,” the latest antisemitic statement from the Russian leader since his 2022 ...

His congregation was decimated and his church shut down as part of Russia’s brutal crackdown against Ukrainian religious groups that are not affiliated with the Russian Orthodox Church ...

The Russian Orthodox Church is an outspoken exception. Patriarch Kirill, who leads the church, has described the conflict as a “holy war” and said that any young man who died in action would ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin accused "ethnic Jews" of attacking the Russian Orthodox Church, calling them "godless" and ...

The parish priest of a church in Odesa Oblast affiliated with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate ...

IN A rare show of dissent, the Russian Orthodox Church has criticised new Soviet-style legislation in the State Duma which will ban religious services and prayer meetings in blocks of flats. “This ...

During the press conference, Putin was asked about punitive measures some European countries have taken against the Russian Orthodox Church in the wake of the 2022 invasion of Ukraine over the ...

There are four main misconceptions about the role of the Russian Orthodox Church in the war and pro-war propaganda. The first misconception is that the Russian Orthodox Church is against Ukraine.

Since the large-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian soldiers have already killed 50 clergymen. The enemy army has also ...

Critics of Putin decried the statement as antisemitic, noting parallels to Soviet state antisemitism under Josef Stalin.