The Latest Breaking News from Orthodox Church

(This Jan. 7 story has been refiled to correct paragraphs 19, 20 and insert context on Bartholomew)

Exchanges of artillery fire were reported along the front lines in Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

Cyprus' Orthodox Church has elected Paphos Bishop Georgios as its new leader

Ukraine's top security officials have ordered punitive measures against seven senior clerics, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday, part of a crackdown on a branch of the Orthodox Church with longstanding ties to Moscow.

Ukraine's SBU security service accused a senior Orthodox Christian cleric on Friday of engaging in anti-Ukrainian activity by supporting Russian policies in social media posts.

British ministry of defence says it obtained official confidential survey that shows only 25% of Russians want war to go on

UK says support within Russia for military action is waning; US intelligence chief says Putin ‘more informed’ about reality of challenges on the ground

Ukraine is slapping sanctions on 10 senior clerics linked to a pro-Moscow church on the grounds they agreed to work with Russian occupation authorities or justified Moscow's invasion, the security service said on Saturday.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to seek a diplomatic solution to end the war in Ukraine, including troop withdrawals, Berlin said following a telephone call between the two leaders. Earlier on Friday Russia rejected US President Joe Biden's terms for talks between Russia and…