Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill sits alongside Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski during a meeting at the Belvedere Palace on August 16, 2012. During a visit to Warsaw by Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill, Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski announced that his country intends to establish solid bilateral relations with Russia. “We are hoping it will turn over a new leaf in our bilateral... 

The Russian Orthodox Church have involved themselves in the case of helping two British women who lost their jobs for wearing religious symbols at work to the European Court of Human Rights. British Airways check-in clerk Naida Eweida and Nurse Shirley Chaplin were both sacked after wearing a crucifix to work.The airline told Eweida that the symbol infringed its uniform code. In 2007, British Airways... 

Countries of the “Russian world” are capable of changing the globe within ten years, believes top cleric of the Russian Orthodox Church Vsevolod Chaplin. ­By the “Russian world” he means states with a historically strong tradition of Orthodox Christianity which, apart from Russia, include Ukraine, Belarus, Greece, Romania and several others. “Our Orthodox civilization may not be that large,... 

"But people's unity should not be limited only by times of trouble. It should become an indispensable part of our national identity and life" Russian Orthodox believers flocked to churches on Friday to attend Christmas service. At least 14,000 people attended Christmas service in Moscow alone, a police spokesman said. “So far, about 14,000 people attended the capital’s churches,... 

Homosexuality protector but Jesus defiant Moscow, Russia – The head of the Russian Orthodox Church said Wednesday that although the church views homosexuality as a sin, gays should not face discrimination. Patriarch Kirill said “those who sin” must not be punished and therefore the church opposes any discrimination. Same-sex unions, however, should not be considered equal to heterosexual... 

Inside the Russian Orthodox Church When the congregation at St. Nicolay church in this northern Israeli town gathered on that quiet Friday morning of May 29, they never expected to be showered with stones. The Russian Orthodox worshipers, including many women, children and the elderly, had filled the small building to overflow with several outside when they were stunned by the rain of stones. Some... 

"Death to Christians" written in Hebrew on a Christian Church Jerusalem, December 14, Interfax – The Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem was vandalized early on December 11. ‘Death’ and ‘Death to Christians’ were written in Hebrew in large red letters near the cathedral altar and ante-church, the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission...