Warm weather threatens Epiphany ice water plunges for Russia’s Orthodox Christians
Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany, where worshippers bathe in the icy waters of ...
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Russian soldiers sent to die in Ukraine with crosses bearing Putin’s initials
Russian Orthodox Church forces parishioners to pray to ‘Saint Putin’ on giant screen - video Putin decided that Russian ...
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Orthodox Patriarch Kirill blesses crosses engraved with Putin's initials for Ukraine war 'heroes'
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 ...
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The unholy alliance of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Kremlin
The Russian ... Cross”, Lucy Ash, a journalist, offers an authoritative look at the closeness of church and state under Vladimir Putin. Russia is, in theory, a secular country, yet the Orthodox ...
Putin asks Russian Orthodox church patriarch to consecrate Christmas gifts for troops in Ukraine
Russia's invasion, which began in February 2022, has also been a source of religious controversy within the Eastern Orthodox ...