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 ...

Unlike at mass rallies earlier in the ... Most Western churches observed Easter on April 9, but Orthodox Christians in Georgia, Russia and elsewhere follow a different calendar.

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.