Orthodox priests from Russia are facing repression for opposing Russian policies and the invasion of Ukraine. Many have fled, facing difficulties in resettling, such as finding jobs and learning ...

A Russian court has ordered an American man to be held in custody for 30 days after he was arrested at a Moscow airport on drug-smuggling charges when customs officials said they found cannabis ...

“It was as if the Russian government had attacked my parish and I had to defend my community,” says Kordochkin, one of the nearly 300 Orthodox priests who spoke out against the war in March ...

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova branded Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s decision revoking Ukrainian citizenship of 13 priests of the canonic Ukrainian Orthodox ...

Ukraine is in effect returning to the practice of persecution for one's faith, Russian Orthodox Church Spokesman ... plainly absurd and don’t matter to priests. Those particularly include ...

After Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, hundreds of Orthodox priests faced repression because they disagreed with the policies of Russian secular and church officials, ...

A number of Orthodox priests who are against Russia's invasion of Ukraine have sought refuge in Germany, where they face many challenges. After Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in ...