Religions in Russia

The Muslim World League strongly condemned terrorist attack that took place near Moscow on Friday.

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church is the president’s spiritual leader, but he risks losing global clout.

Orthodox priest Rev. Ioann Koval was defrocked by Moscow patriarch Kirill due to not obeying the Russian church order.

The crackdown on LGBTQ+ people started a decade ago, when President Vladimir Putin first proclaimed a focus on “traditional family values.

Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, stood next to the icon in a service yesterday and said the president made the decision so that the people of Moscow could bow to the shrine.

Putin has issued a decree ordering Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery to hand over Andrei Rublev’s 15th century icon, Holy Trinity, to the Russian Orthodox Church.

Minority religion research institute called SOVA was shut down in Moscow.

Worshipers including President Vladimir Putin crowded into Moscow’s vast Christ the Savior Cathedral for Easter services.

Putin claims he’s fighting Nazis in Ukraine while his regime intimidates Jews in Russia.

Christmas eve is celebrated by Orthodox Christians in the shadow of war between Russia and Ukraine as the two big Orthodox countries.