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The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church said Monday the world is on the brink of slipping into “the abyss of the end of history,” according to a state-run news agency. The apocalypse “is already visible to the naked eye,” Patriarch Kirill told congregants after a service at the Christ

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church said Monday that laws legalizing same-sex marriage are as immoral as those passed by Nazis in Germany. Patriarch Kirill, the highest religious authority in the country and a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, claimed that legalizing gay marriage runs

The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC; Russian: Ру́сская правосла́вная це́рковь, tr. Rússkaya pravoslávnaya tsérkov), alternatively legally known as the Moscow Patriarchate (Russian: Моско́вский патриарха́т, tr. Moskóvskiy patriarkhát), is one of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches, in

The House of Romanov (/ ˈ r oʊ m ə ˌ n ɔː f, – ˌ n ɒ f, r oʊ ˈ m ɑː n ə f /; also Romanoff; Russian: Рома́новы, Románovy, IPA: [rɐˈmanəf]) was the second dynasty to rule Russia, after the House of Rurik, reigning from 1613 until the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II on March 15, 1917, as a result of the February Revolution.

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May 03, 2018 · A Russian fighter jet has crashed in sea off the Syrian coasts, killing both pilots state-run news agencies have reported. The Su-30SM aircraft faltered during or shortly after taking off on Thursday morning from Russia’s Hmeymim airfield Russia’s Ministry of Defense stated.

Saudi King Salman walks past Russian honor guards during a welcoming ceremony upon his arrival at Vnukovo airport outside Moscow on Wednesday.