RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH. Vladimir I, grand prince of Kiev (960–1015) was the first Christian ruler of Russia. Having sent ambassadors to investigate the religions of his day, Vladimir was persuaded to embrace Greek Christianity when, according...

See also: Eastern Orthodox Church The Russian Orthodox Church; or The Moscow Patriarchate (Russian: Русская Православная Церковь; or Московский Патриархат (the latter designation being another official...

Kyrill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad I would like first of all to express my sincere gratitude to the monastic community of Bose, led by Fr Enzo Bianchi, for the series of conferences which they have initiated on the history of Russian holiness...

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A Russian Orthodox Church spokesman said Wednesday that the country's schools should teach religious principles and moral values, and he accused some leading scientists of trying to impose the "ideology of science" on the education system.Father Vsevolod Chaplin was responding to a group of prominent...

A state judge has affirmed the property rights of a Russian Orthodox diocese locked in a dispute with a breakaway parish in southern New Jersey, but declined to intervene in doctrinal matters.As a result, the ultimate fate of the small group of worshippers at the...