NEW DELHI: Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the Easter service led by the head of Russia's Orthodox Church ... ordered the invasion in February 2022. At the service, Kirill prayed ...

Ukraine and Russia have marked their third Easter ... Orthodox Church of Ukraine. The rival Ukrainian Orthodox Church was loyal to the patriarch in Moscow until splitting from Russia after the ...

The service is conducted by Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill ... The Russian Orthodox Church determines the date based on solar and lunar calendars. In 2022, it falls on April 16.

Donald Trump wants Russia ... a ceasefire by Easter Sunday, following the resumption of peace talks yesterday. The religious festival falls on the same date in the Western and Orthodox church ...

MOSCOW, February 24. /TASS/. Orthodox believers start celebrating Maslenitsa or the crepe week - the last preparatory week before Great Lent. The name of the holiday stems from the custom of ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — The top figure in Eastern Orthodox Christianity ... diplomacy,” as he celebrated Mass in Istanbul on the eve of the third anniversary of Russia's war in Ukraine.