MOSCOW, May 21. /TASS/. Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia welcomed the relics of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, one of the most revered figures in Russia, at Moscow’s Christ the Savior ...

The announcement that Pope Francis will meet with Kirill, Russian Orthodox patriarch of Moscow, in Cuba on February 12 is, paradoxically, both a Big Deal and something that ought to have become ...

The Lord’s Passover is the very heart and invincible power of Christianity: as St. Philaret of Moscow says, it ‘creates hope, ignites love, inspires prayer, calls down grace, illumines wisdom, ...

March 24 (UPI) --Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, have blasted the "cowardly terrorist attack" in Moscow that has killed at least 133 people and prayed ...

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Moscow Patriarch Kirill, is a figure who incites considerable controversy. His statements supporting military actions and strong ties with the Russian ...

In imitation of the Patriarchal Readings, the Moscow Duma also began in 2012 ... Given the importance of the war-spiritual theme, Patriarch Kirill addressed the Duma with a wide-ranging speech ...

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow was stunned when a local priest confronted him in front of an audience to challenge his promotion of nationalism in the Russian Orthodox Church at the expense of ...

Your Eminences the archpastors, esteemed fathers, all-honourable monks and nuns, dear brothers and sisters! It is with a heart overflowing with joy in the Son of God who has come in the flesh that I ...

TASS/. The Most Reverend Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury is expected to have a meeting with the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill I when he visits the Russian capital on ...

Russia’s security service reported that it intercepted a plan to assassinate a prominent Orthodox hierarch, believed to have ...

Patriarch Kirill spoke the language of the world and Pope Francis spoke the language of the Gospel. This asymmetry reflects the long subordination of the Moscow patriarchate to state power ...

Patriarch Kirill, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin ... according to a transcript provided on the website of the Moscow Patriarchate. "Who would have thought that in the 21st century 'weirdos' ...