The first Russian Orthodox monastic community in Uzbekistan has been established by five monks, three of whom took their vows locally. The five monks, the youngest in his 20s and the oldest in his 80s ...

Orthodox monks from Kyiv's 11th-century Pechersk Lavra monastery are fighting eviction by the Ukrainian government because of their church's links with Russia.

Nikolai Romanov, a monk known as Father Sergiy until he was excommunicated by the Russian Orthodox Church, baptizes those present in the hall from behind a glass cage during his trial in Moscow ...

A coronavirus-denying former Russian Orthodox monk has been given a seven-year sentence on charges of inciting hatred. Vladimir Isachenkov. Friday 27 January 2023 11:30 GMT.

Monks and parishioners of the ROC obstructed access to the Lower Lavra entrance while engaging in religious ... Russian Orthodox monks, parishioners bar commission inspectors from accessing Lower ...

Nikolai Romanov, a former monk known as Father Sergiy until he was excommunicated by the Russian Orthodox Church, baptizes those present in the hall from behind a glass cage during his trial in ...

MOSCOW - A former Russian Orthodox monk, who denied that the coronavirus existed and defied the Kremlin, was handed a seven-year prison sentence Friday. Nikolai Romanov, 67, who was known as ...

Nikolai Romanov, a former monk known as Father Sergiy until he was excommunicated by the Russian Orthodox Church, baptizes those present in the hall from behind a glass cage during his trial in Moscow ...

MOSCOW (AP) — A former Russian Orthodox monk, who denied that the coronavirus existed and defied the Kremlin, was handed a seven-year prison sentence Friday. Nikolai Romanov, 67, who was known ...