The announcement of a wedding in the Russian Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas, at 321 Second Avenue, yesterday attracted a larger assembly than usual. The ceremony was as impressive as though the ...

MOSCOW — The Russian Orthodox Church has unfrocked ... took part in a hastily arranged ceremony this week. After a full Orthodox wedding ceremony, Father Vladimir, a local priest, pronounced ...

not edicts — in celebration of Russian culture and history. Meanwhile, his bride — Bettarini — comes from a non-noble diplomat's family and converted to the Orthodox Church for the wedding.

A royal wedding ... to Russian Orthodox, becoming Victoria Romanovna. Her father, Roberto Bettarini, walked her down the aisle in what was expected to be an elaborate religious ceremony, according ...

She has an M.A. in Newspaper Journalism at City, University of London, and a B.A. in Russian language ... emblem was displayed during the ceremony without its Orthodox crosses.

Russian military bloggers have criticized a Chechen award ceremony for Adam Kadyrov, son of regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov, after the Russian national emblem was displayed without its Orthodox ...