The persecution of Orthodox Christians became a flashpoint between members of Congress on social media this week.

As President Donald Trump's administration works toward a diplomatic end to the war in Ukraine, the leaders of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) are warning that Vladimir Putin's Russia believes it ...

Republicans are demanding the Trump administration investigate certain Russian Orthodox churches in the United States, claiming they may be compromised by Russian intelligence — but members of an ...

The Ukrainian government has declared that a branch of the Orthodox Church has failed to sever its longstanding ties with Moscow — and could soon be banned. The looming ban affects one of the two ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Following the Angelus, his weekly prayer service at the Vatican, on Sunday (Aug. 25), Pope Francis criticized Ukraine’s decision to ban the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which has ...

Pope Francis on August 25 condemned the latest action by Kyiv to ban religious organizations with ties to the Russian Orthodox Church from operating in Ukraine. "No Christian church may be abolished ...

A Republican congressman from South Carolina is facing backlash from his colleagues and some Orthodox Christian leaders after ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill (L) on Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on Nov. 4, 2023. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has formally charged 14 ...

(MINSK, Belarus) — Officials from the Russian Orthodox Church have announced that the church is severing relations with the Patriarchate of Constantinople, in what is being seen as one of the biggest ...

(RNS) — The visits have caused feuds among both US Orthodox Christian groups and Republicans.

U.S. President Donald Trump has unleashed the most extensive diplomatic effort to end the fighting since Russia’s full-scale ...