The patriarch of Russian Orthodox Church is a vocal backer of Moscow’s war against Ukraine. Systema, RFE/RL’s Russian ...

KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukraine has passed legislation moving its official Christmas holiday to December 25, further distancing itself from the traditions of the Putin-aligned Russian Orthodox Church, which ...

Believers to ring in Ukrainian Christmas in church basement after fire. Caption: Members of a Ukrainian church in Winnipeg will obser ...

For the last three years, Russia and Ukraine have separately proposed a short truce over Christmas—but each attempt has unraveled, leading to further fighting on the holiday. Earlier this month, the ...

President Vladimir Putin used a traditional Orthodox Christmas service to frame Russia’s war in Ukraine as a sacred national duty. According to Reuters, Putin attended an old-style Christmas service ...