Orthodox churches, the Grande Arm茅e was seen by many in Russia as an evil force with the Antichrist at its head 鈥 Satan's henchman who was prophesied to appear on earth shortly before the Second Coming of Christ to unite all the forces of evil in war against the Christian Church.doi...
An Easter service at the Orthodox Church in Udine, Italy. The parish has split from the Russian Orthodox Church, based in Moscow, over the church leadership's support for the war in Ukraine.CBS News There are roughly 100 million Russian Orthodox – the largest church within Orthodox Christianit...
(Reuters) - The head of Russia's powerful Orthodox Church said in remarks published late on Tuesday that "weirdos" were trying to spread paganism in the combat zone in Ukraine and called for efforts to counter attempts to weaken the church's influence there. Patriarch Kirill, a c...
In Friday's video, Father Sergiy denounced President Vladimir Putin as a “traitor to the Motherland” serving a Satanic “world government” and dismissed Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill and other top clerics as “heretics” and “enemies of God and Holy Mother of God” who must be ...
We, as heirs of a mighty state and its glorious past, are particularly concerned about the process of alienation of the fraternal Ukraine from the Russian Federation, which they are trying to strike at the very heart, to knock out the canonical Orthodox Church, which is the support of the ...
because the Holy Orthodox Church is lovingly commemorating the 100th anniversary of the repose of the Holy Hierarch Patriarch Tikhon, who founded St. Tikhon’s Monastery. His precious relics will be available for veneration. Hundreds of fellow Orthodox Christians will be there. We will depart from...
they can never offer a proper substitute for worship. Most prominent in Orthodox worship is the corporate praise, thanksgiving and glory given to God by the Church. This worship consummates in intimate communion with God at His Holy Table. The Orthodox Liturgy, which developed over many centurie...
However, criticism has also come from the head of the legal department of the country's dominant Russian Orthodox Church, Abbess Ksenija Chernega. She warned that, in its current form, the bill prohibits Russian Orthodox clergy from administering communion, anointing of the sick, and ...
The Russian Orthodox Church was partially incorporated into the country's administrative structure, in effect making it a tool of the state. Peter abolished the patriarchate and replaced it with a collective body, the Holy Synod, which was led by a government official. Peter died in 1725, ...
Russia. Because, at the time, the Russian Orthodox Church did not recognize the authenticity of the remains, Maria Vladimirovna did not attend the formal burial. However, the Russian government’s refusal to recognize her status as the official Head of the Romanov House is also given as a ...