A priest who oversaw a memorial service for late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been suspended for three years ...

The cleric signed a public letter calling for Mr Navalny's remains to be returned to his family, following the opposition ...

The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church has taken disciplinary action against a Russian priest who conducted a memorial ...

Dmitry Safronov is suspended from leading services and ordered to serve three years of ‘penance’ ...

A Russian Orthodox priest who presided over the memorial service for the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in ...

A Russian Orthodox priest who presided over the funeral of Alexei Navalny in March has been suspended from clerical duties ...

The Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Kirill made a controversial decision by dismissing the priest Dmitry Safronov, who recently officiated at the funeral and memorial service of the ...

No prayers for the dead. The Russian Orthodox priest paid a high price for the idea of commemorating Alexei Navalny at his grave last month. The axe of Patriarch Kirill fell promptly, and the ...

Dmitry Safronov took part in Navalny’s funeral as well as presiding at the commemoration on March 26, the 40th day after his death — an important Russian Orthodox tradition. An order published ...