the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, required all of his clergymen to pray for victory last September. Koval said he lost is priestly rank for swapping one word in the prayer for another ...

ANTALYA, Turkey — Standing in an old Orthodox church in Antalya with a Bible in one hand and a candle in the other, the Rev. Ioann Koval led one of his first services in Turkey after Russian ...

The Kremlin and the Russian Orthodox Church have persecuted dozens of clergy who called for peace. Ecclesiastical courts ...

A prominent liberal priest faces expulsion from the Russian Orthodox Church for refusing to read out a prayer asking God to guide Russia to victory over Ukraine. In a verdict published on Saturday ...

Dozens of Russian Orthodox priests have been punished for challenging the Church's line on the war - for example, by reading out prayers for peace instead of victory - according to Christians ...

Standing in an old Orthodox church in Antalya with a Bible in one hand and a candle in the other, the Rev. Ioann Koval led one of his first services in Turkey after the Russian Orthodox Church ...

Koval started serving in this church after the Russian Orthodox Church leadership decided to defrock him following his prayer for peace in Ukraine. Koval, who used to serve in a church in Moscow ...