The Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (MPEÕK) is renting seven properties in Tallinn, some from the national government and some from the capital. The latter's new rulers have vowed ...

Good Friday was celebrated in Tallinn yesterday with the traditional Way of the Cross. For the first time, this year, the Way of the Cross in the Estonian Capital led to an Orthodox church. For ...

Estonian authorities revoked the residency permit of the Russian Orthodox Church’s top cleric in the Baltic nation, where authorities have long accused the spiritual leader of supporting the Kremlin’s ...

Metropolitan Yevgeniy of the Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate will be leaving Estonia on Feb. 7 after the Estonian government did not extend his residence permit in January 2023, ...

TALLINN, Estonia --Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the Archbishop of Constantinople and leader of the Eastern Orthodox Communion, has labeled same-sex relationships as “reprehensible,” sinful, and ...

A little more than 3 million euro is needed to accomplish the building of an Orthodox church in Tallinn. A major part of this sum will be provided by the St. Andrew the First-Called Foundation, ...

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II, who presided over a vast post-Soviet revival of faith but struggled against the influence of other churches, died today at age 79, the church headquarters said.

With Iranian film 'Today' having won their prize last year, the religiously focused jury highlights humanism across cultures. Last year, Tallinn Black Nights joined a select group of European film ...

Tallin’s UNESCO Old Town, Kiek in de Kök and Fat Margaret towers, unicorn horn powder. Christine gets curious about the legend of Kalev and the foundation of Tallinn; the story of the Danish flag ...

MOSCOWMOSCOW — In his nearly two decades at the head of the world’s largest Orthodox church, Patriarch Alexy II oversaw a religious revival in Russia and healed a major church rift, but his death ...