KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukraine has passed legislation moving its official Christmas holiday to December 25, further distancing itself from the traditions of the Putin-aligned Russian Orthodox Church, which ...

The spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians, speaking Friday before a New York audience, defended his 2019 decision to recognize an independent church in Ukraine, and he denounced the Russian ...

Hello, this is Asami Terajima reporting from Kyiv on day 1,414 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story: Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to have marked Orthodox Christmas ...

St. Mary Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox Church panned for saying outsiders may misunderstand culture of vertep event ...

MINSK, 12 November (BelTA) – The canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church is being “literally destroyed” by the country’s leadership, with priests suffering abuse at the hands of Ukrainian security forces, ...

(RNS) — Bartholomew I, the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople and one of Orthodox Christianity’s most influential leaders, has begun a nearly two-week apostolic visit to the United States that ...

A Ukrainian Orthodox church in North Jersey has issued an apology after footage of a recent religious pageant drew criticism over the portrayal of a character widely viewed as antisemitic. The ...