Across Russian-occupied Ukraine, Kremlin troops have shuttered places of worship since the first invasion began in 2014.

A boy plays in the snow during Siberia's notoriously cold winter.

The patriarch of Russia's Orthodox Church, celebrating Christmas alongside Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, said on Tuesday that the Western world despised Russia and its "alternative path of civilised ...

Ever since the head of the Russian Orthodox Church declared President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine a "holy war" last year, the ongoing war — which initially began in 2014 but saw a ...

The anti-abortion movement is on the rise in Russia, and the Kremlin is responding by changing the law to make terminations more difficult.

Ukrainian law enforcement officers charged former lawmaker and businessman Vadym Novynskyi with high treason and incitement ...

Vladimir Putin accused Jews of attacking the Russian Orthodox Church and suggested that they lacked family and “roots,” the latest antisemitic statement from the Russian leader since his 2022 ...

Russian president Vladimir Putin has often cast himself as the defender of the Orthodox faith, and he even allowed the church to regain a level of prominence in Russia not seen since before the ...

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Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany, where worshippers bathe in the icy waters of ...

The church is located in the city center and is easily accessible from the Nevsky Prospekt metro station. The highly recommended Russian Museum is a short walk away. For more information ...