The beards of Orthodox priests are some of their most striking attributes, marking them as different from other Western ...
Members of the clergy may follow Tucson's Sanctuary Movement from the 1980s, where ministers went to jail for helping immigrants fearing deportation.
Patriarch Kirill of Russia's Orthodox Church warns of neo-pagan influences in Ukraine's combat zone, urging clergy to counter ...
Moscow, on the other hand, makes no room for Protestants and non–Russian Orthodox churches. According to some reports, nearly 40 Ukrainian clergy members have died in targeted attacks since 2022.