7, Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, at Putin’s request, blessed the crosses and icons for servicemen. The crosses will be handed to Russian commanders, who allegedly carry out ...

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) and Russia's Orthodox ... Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that the most deserving fighters in the Ukrainian war will be decorated with military ...

7. Putin decided that Russian troops lacked religious symbols and icons, prompting him to distribute crosses with his initials to soldiers before sending them to die on Ukrainian soil. On Orthodox ...

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 ...

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Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral wasn't completed until the early 20th century. Tsar Nicholas II, the head of the tragic Romanov family, commissioned the ornate building not only to honor the ...

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.

In April 2018, he hosted Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill in Albania and called for “an immediate end to Russia’s fratricidal war against Ukraine,” La Croix International reported.

the SBI said. Law enforcement officials called Novynskyi a "handler" of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) in Ukraine. In December 2022, Ukraine imposed sanctions against him and other leaders of the ...

Ukrainian forces told Current Time how they repelled a Russian attempt to cross the Dnieper River near Kherson in December. Fighters from the Ukrainian Army's 72nd Brigade say Russian forces are ...