Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to the participants and guests of the fifth Pokrovsky Cathedral National Patriotic Festival of Bard Songs.

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This pool photograph distributed by Russia's state agency Sputnik shows Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov moderating Russian President Vladimir Putin's year-end press conference at Gostiny Dvor ...

Vladimir Putin insisted, at least publicly, that he didn’t want a cult of his personality. Not anymore. During the last three years of the war he started in Ukraine, he has embraced it. At his annual ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has once again sought the "blessing" and support of the Moscow Patriarchate of the Orthodox ...

Bursting with ancient monuments and picturesque piazzas, Rome’s historic core must be one of the world’s most beautiful. The Vatican Museums, the Colosseum, the Pantheon, Trevi Fountain and Roman ...

The Protestant Berlin Cathedral on Museum Island in the Mitte district is Berlin's largest church and one of the major sights in the city center. The mighty Berlin Cathedral in the heart of the city ...

The patriarch of Russia's Orthodox Church, celebrating Christmas alongside Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, said on Tuesday that the Western world despised Russia and its "alternative path of civilised ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Ethiopian pilgrims pray during a Mass service for Ethiopian Christmas at the Bole Medhane Alem cathedral in ...

“This bright, much-awaited holiday is dear to millions of people all over the world. It gives believers joy and hope and inspires good thoughts, deeds and actions. During the Christmas season we ...