Russian courts intensified civil bans on Baptist churches for meeting without state permission in the past year, according to ...

Russian courts have banned three more Baptist churches affiliated with the Council of Churches Baptists in the southern ...

A former leading figure in the Russian Orthodox Church breaks his silence after an ex-aide levels allegations against him.

A new dispute underscored the split in Moldova's Orthodox faith on Wednesday as the ex-Soviet state's largest church rejected any notion that it was a "Russian church" while a rival church linked to ...

In recent months, tensions between the government and the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC), its independent national church, ...

Although the cross-border offensive carries risks, it also paid dividends on Saturday with the first prisoner swap with Russia in several months. By Andrew E. Kramer The measure, which awaits ...

The Ukrainian parliament passed a preliminary vote on Thursday for a bill that could ban the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which has close ties to the Russian Orthodox Church, from operating within ...

Though not even two decades have passed since the Soviet state collapsed in 1991, the Orthodox Russians who came to France to flee communism say they’re starting to view Moscow with mistrust again.

Two 74-year-old Jehovah's Witnesses were jailed in Russia this week on the basis of testimony from a spy who had infiltrated their meetings, a spokesman for the faith group said.

A battle has erupted in Moldova over its links to the Russian Orthodox Church, seen by many as a tool of Moscow’s influence abroad. By Andrew Higgins Some residents of Bari, Italy, hope Ukraine’s ...