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Putin attends midnight Orthodox Easter mass in Moscow

(Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Sunday attended an Easter mass conducted by the Russian Orthodox Church, which has strongly backed the Kremlin leader's "special military operation" in Ukraine. Putin,…

Bell-bearing tradition in Greece

Every winter, following the Orthodox Church's celebration of Epiphany, locals of certain villages of the Balkan Peninsula perform animalistic masquerades and ritual dances to ward off evil spirits and awaken…

Russian Orthodox Church ‘cuts ties’ with Constantinople leader over Ukraine

The Russian Orthodox Church has downgraded "diplomatic relations" with Istanbul-based Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople. Bartholomew I has been accused of "anti-canonical activities" for sending bishops to Ukraine. Russia's Orthodox Church…