Since 2021, the Russian Orthodox Church has established an expanded presence in Africa, in competition with the Greek Orthodox Church in Alexandria, Egypt. Facing condemnation from the West since its ...

In 1859 the Russian orthodox community in Geneva was granted permission to build this church, with financial assistance from Anna Feodorovna Constancia, sister-in-law of Tsar Alexander 1st.

A new Ukrainian law, which passed the country’s Parliament on Aug. 20, bans the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukrainian territory. The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church said Russia has ...

Apple has informed RFE/RL that it has removed Current Time's app from the Russian version of its App Store at the request of Roskomnadzor, Russia’s media regulatory agency.

Earlier, the Russian foreign ministry said that Cardinal Zuppi met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to discuss humanitarian cooperation in the context of the Ukrainian conflict.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot on October 19 announced his country's support for Ukraine's "victory plan" for ...

Scotland's first minister from 2007 until 2014 and founder of the Alba Party, died suddenly in North Macedonia on Saturday, ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrate Easter accordingly, ...

If you believe the economic projections of three brilliant economists — a Russian, a Swede and an American — the answer is very likely yes. As the Russian economy tanks, immiseration and ...

It is also considered the birthplace of a less flattering tradition – a homophobic soccer chant that has cost Mexico hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines over the past two decades.