News about Russian Orthodox Church, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Last month's deadly church bombing outside Syria's capital is raising fears among the country's minority Christians. Some are ...

On January 7, the bright holiday of the Nativity of Christ according to the Julian calendar is celebrated by believers of the Orthodox rite in a number of churches, including the Orthodox Church in ...

Let’s not forget that, once upon a time, Catholicism was quite active in those countries. The Church honors “three kings” as ...

Orthodox churches have joined the Catholic bishops of Washington in a lawsuit against a state law requiring clergy violate the seal of confession or face jail time.

The humble Yup’ik mother and midwife known as Matushka Olga is now officially a saint in the Orthodox church, after a historic two-day gathering that drew hundreds to her home village of ...

The attack during Mass at the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Elias in Damascus on June 22 killed at least 25, wounded 63 ...

Officials with Orthodox Churches in the United States have filed a lawsuit against a Washington state measure requiring priests to break the confessional seal in the latest example of the ...

The UN shuts up anyone who exposes Islam’s heavily documented pattern of violence against non-Muslims, including the murders ...

Alaska Native woman, 'everybody's helper,' is Orthodox church's first female North American saint The Orthodox Church in America has its first female saint from North America ...

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