A centuries-old monastery in Ukraine has been burned beyond repair after shelling by Russian artillery, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. All Saints Monastery of the Svyatogorsk Lavra was set ablaze ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), which has been ordered to vacate the premises of the Kyiv ...

Ukraine looks set to double down on its efforts to root out potential Russian agents and saboteurs. In a highly unusual move, the SBU counterintelligence service, police officers, and the country’s ...

On October 11, the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople decided to proceed with granting autocephaly to the Ukrainian Church MOUNT ATHOS /Greece/, October 29. /TASS/.

An Orthodox Christian monastery in Ukraine sheltering hundreds of refugees, including children, was reportedly hit by an airstrike Saturday night. "Window frames flew out as a result of the terrible ...

Owners of a Russian Orthodox monastery are suing Head of the Harbor, alleging the village has delayed their effort to build a small church, court filings show. The Monastery of the Glorious Ascension ...

A Russian Orthodox monastery's plan to build a church on its Saint James campus advanced after Head of the Harbor’s planning board approved the site plan. The Monastery of the Glorious Ascension on ...

Father Sergiy, a Russian monk who has defied the Russian Orthodox Church’s leadership, right, speaks to journalists in Russian Ural’s Sredneuralsk, Russia, Wednesday, June 17, 2020. The monk, who has ...

Ukraine's security service said Tuesday it had conducted raids at locations including the 11th century Pechersk Lavra monastery in the capital Kyiv - Copyright AFP ...