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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the Orthodox Easter service at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (Pavel Bednyakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Orthodox Russians mark Easter with night-time service in Moscow cathedral

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Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill delivers the Christmas Liturgy in the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Hungary balks at EU sanctions on Patriarch Kirill, blocking overall package

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Pope Francis, left, reaches to embrace Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill after signing a joint declaration at the Jose Marti International airport in Havana, Cuba o Feb. 12, 2016. Pope Francis has sent a protocol greeting to the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, wishing him prayers on a feast day, as the Vatican insists on maintaining cordial relations amid mounting criticism of its stance from within the Catholic hierarchy. The website of the Moscow Patriarchate published the brief letter of greetings Francis sent Patriarch Kirill on his name day Tuesday to mark the feast of St. Cyril, a saint important to both Catholics and Orthodox. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, Pool)

Pope greets Russian patriarch, criticized for ‘naive’ policy

By Nicole Winfield and Monika Scislowska - Associated Press

Pope Francis delivers his message from his studio window overlooking St. Peter's Square during the Regina Coeli prayer at the Vatican, Sunday, May 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope seeks Putin meeting, warns Orthodox leader not to be president’s ‘altar boy’

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Orthodox priests attend a service for Russian Liberal Democratic Party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky inside Christ the Savior Cathedral, during a farewell ceremony, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, April 8, 2022. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP)

Decades of church-military ‘symbiosis’ behind Russian Orthodox Church’s pro-war stance: scholar

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill delivers the Christmas Liturgy in the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. Parishioners wearing face masks to protect against coronavirus, observed social distancing guidelines as they attended the liturgy Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, in accordance with the Julian calendar. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russian Orthodox Church leader: Ukraine invasion a justified war against gay pride

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

**FILE** Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (right) speaks Feb. 8, 2012, with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill during his meeting with Russia's religious leaders in the St. Daniel Monastery in Moscow. (Associated Press/RIA-Novosti, Yana Lapikova, Government Press Service)

In Putin’s Russia, little separation between church and state

By Marc Bennetts - Special to The Washington Times