MOSCOW (AP) — A rebellious Russian monk who has denied the coronavirus’ existence and urged believers to ignore the Kremlin’s lockdown orders has taken control of a monastery in the Ural Mountains.

Sunday was Pascha, the Easter celebration for Orthodox Christians. Pascha is the high point of the Orthodox year, and even those who are not regular church attendees will still actively ...

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (AP) — . The peninsula in northern Greece is no stranger to non-Greeks: of the 20 monasteries, one is Russian, one is Bulgarian and one is Serbian, and the presence of monks from ...

The Union of Russian Orthodox Journalists published a photograph of the incident and noted that the re-dressing of relics can only be performed by monks in holy orders, in compliance with all church ...