Patriarch Nikon (left) leads the revision of the church service books, with Tsar Alexei seated on the throne. Nikon's reforms were the catalyst for the church schism. Painting by Aleksey Kivshenko.

A religious schism has turned deadly in Nigeria, with a church member fatally shot and two young children killed as homes were set ablaze, according to United Methodist News Service. The news ...

A religious schism has turned deadly in Nigeria, with a church member fatally shot and two young children killed as homes were set ablaze, according to United Methodist News Service. The news service ...

Since the Bulgarian Orthodox Church was headed by Patriarch Daniel, who is considered a man of pro-Russian views and maintains ties with the Russian Orthodox Church and Patriarch Kirill, the wrath of ...