The Head of the Chechen State awarded his son a medal after he extrajudicially beat a prisoner accused of burning a Qu'ran.

Despite Russia's invasion of Ukraine, 35,000 Hassidic Jews went on a pilgrimage to Uman, Ukraine, for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.

A former priest of the Russian Orthodox Church was sentenced to three years in prison for "fakes" about the Russian army.

A Russian Orthodox priest called for peace. In response, the church said pacifism is "incompatible" with Orthodox teachings.

What does it take to rebuild a church and a community, in the back of nowhere?

A Russian scientist steps over into the realm of the ludicrous.

The editors of the religious website Holy Fire have called for the defrocking of 293 priests who last year signed a petition demanding an end to hostilities in Ukraine.

The Primate of Ukraine conducted Christmas Liturgy in a Kyivan cathedral formerly used by the Moscow Patriarchate.

Patriarch Kirill says that Russians can fast-track their way to heaven by fighting in Ukraine.

A St. Petersburg priest faces up to ten years in prison for speaking out against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 

Russia's 2022 Easter proceedings were tainted by the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Dubbed the “Mother Teresa of Dagestan,” Aishat Magomedova wanted something very simple: to give the women of Dagestan access to quality health care. Apparently, she did too good a job.