Moldova's largest Orthodox church rejects Russia label

A new dispute underscored the split in Moldova's Orthodox faith on Wednesday as the ex-Soviet state's largest church rejected any notion that it was a "Russian church" while a rival church linked to ...
Washington Examiner

Russia’s not-so-secret Orthodox weapon

Arme n ia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, now locked in a public feud with his own church, is confronting a domestic institution defined by decades of Russian influence. The Armenian Apostolic ...
National Catholic Register

Russian Reset Required in Rome

When Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus’ was head of the Russian Orthodox Church’s external relations department, he would occasionally come to Washington, where the Librarian of Congress, James ...
Ukrainska Pravda on MSN

Czechia reportedly wants to impose sanctions on Russian Orthodox Church head, with likely PM supporting

Ilarion, head of the Russian Orthodox Church in Czechia, may be added to the national sanctions list, and the likely future ...
The Moscow Times on MSNOpinion

Lucy Ash: Russian Orthodox Priests Don’t Practice What They Preach

A video of a bearded man wearing headphones and repeatedly firing a pistol at a shooting range recently triggered a frenzy on ...
LancasterOnline

Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church's CROP Hunger Walk helps raise money for Church World Service [photos]

The 53rd annual Lancaster CROP Hunger Walk returned to Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church at 64 Hershey Ave. in Lancaster city on Sunday. Communities across the U.S. host CROP Hunger Walks to ...
KENS

Greek FUNstival returns to San Antonio featuring food, music and dancing

SAN ANTONIO — After a decade-long hiatus, Greek FUNstival is back for a three-day celebration of food, music, dancing and culture. The event kicks off Friday from 6 to 11 p.m. at St. Sophia Greek ...
New York Post

Wild proposal for Alaska-Russia tunnel catches Trump’s eye — but leaves Zelensky seething

President Donald Trump said Friday he would consider a far-fetched proposal for Elon Musk’s Boring Company to build an undersea rail tunnel connecting Alaska and Russia — an idea pitched by an envoy ...
National Catholic Register

U.S. Vice President JD Vance Attends Mass at Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre

According to tradition, the church is built on the site of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion, burial, and resurrection. It is a premier pilgrimage destination for Christians who visit the Holy Land. U.S.
USA Today

A tunnel from Russia to Alaska? Trump calls Kremlin proposal 'interesting'

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump was ambivalent when asked about a possible tunnel from Russia to Alaska, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy didn’t like the proposal. “That’s an ...
New York Post

Winning World War III, ‘vision thing’ dooms Democrats and other commentary

“In August, while standing alongside President Trump in Alaska, Russian President Vladimir Putin chuckled” at the B-2 stealth bomber flyover, note Mark Toth & Jonathan Sweet at The Hill. Yet Trump’s ...