The 52-year-old ordained priest of the Orthodox Church withstood attacks to his character to trounce his competitors in the August 9 polls. This was his second attempt after a failed bid in 2017.

“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 ...

It was told that during the pandemic, the orthodox priest of 18 years had not fulfilled his duties after he refused to conduct services for feasts on days other than Sundays when Covid lockdown ...

Gunmen opened fire at a synagogue, an Orthodox church and a police post in attacks across two cities in Russia’s North Caucasus region of Dagestan on Sunday (23 June), killing an Orthodox priest ...

A Belarusian court declared the Facebook page of an expatriate Orthodox priest “extremist”, meaning anybody following it could face prosecution in Belarus. “This is an expected scenario ...

THRISSUR: A senior priest of the Orthodox Church in Kerala on Tuesday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP over their Christmas celebrations, citing the recent disruption of ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. The High Court in Kakamega has asked 26 priests sued by the Greek Orthodox Church Diocese ...