Amidst the list of America’s founding fathers who are inextricably linked with the 4th of July, one name sticks out: George Washington. Thomas Jefferson. Benjamin Franklin. Pyotr Ilyich ...

The first female Orthodox saint in North America was an Indigenous woman who spent her entire life with her Yup'ik family and ...

The Orthodox Church in America has its first female saint from North America. Hundreds of pilgrims joined several bishops in ...

In mid-June 2025, a rumor spread on social media claiming that the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) shared a Flag Day post on X featuring two Russian flags. Flag Day, celebrated annually on June ...

When they came to power in October 1917, many of the Bolsheviks seriously doubted that they could govern the vast, chaotic land of Russia by themselves. “We can’t hold out!” cried one of the ...

She decided that she couldn't stay silent any more. So, on August 29, she arrived at the Russian Cultural and Information Center in Sofia, armed with chalk and a Russian flag she had bought.

The 18th- and 19th-century czars expanded this purported defense of Mother Russia to include Crimea, the Baltics, Finland, Poland, and the Caucasus.

Putin Showcases His Ambitions in a Chinese City Built by Czarist Russia The Russian leader’s visit to Harbin includes stop at an Orthodox church and a university with ties to China’s military By ...

Pope Francis said when things were going badly for a party to a conflict, one had to show the “courage of the white flag” and negotiate. PHOTO: REUTERS Updated Mar 11, 2024, 06:39 PM Published ...