Before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Moscow Patriarchate actively transformed the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra into a ...

Now, President Vladimir Putin has ordered the institution to return the painting to the Russian Orthodox Church. Art experts are aghast, warning that the fragile icon may not survive the move.

The remarkable legacy of Saint John the Russian continues to thrive in Greece, where his revered relics are enshrined in a ...

The art historian Alexei Lidov told The Insider ... the medieval masterpiece from the State Tretyakov Gallery to the Russian Orthodox Church despite protests from restorers ...

This image is part of an outdoor art exhibition in central Moscow that urges Russian men to enlist. Moscow Patriarch Kirill, head of the world’s largest Orthodox Christian Church whose clout ...

to the Russian Orthodox Church. The church said on May 15 that the decision was made after "multiple requests by believers." Last year, the arts museum gave the icon to the church to use in a ...

May 27 (Reuters) - Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, on Saturday dismissed his expert on art and restoration for obstructing the transfer of a historic 15th-century Trinity ...

ST. THEODOSIUS RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL (733 Starkweather Ave.) is considered one of the finest examples of Russian church architecture in the U.S. Begun in 1911, the cathedral is the parish's third ...