Harsh comments by the Russian Embassy on Pyatt’s intervention
Just a day after the harsh statements of the US Ambassador to Athens over Russian interference in Church matters, the ...
Saturday, May 21, 2022
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Greek-Russian relations unaffected by the Ukrainian issue despite Moscow Patriarchate’s polemics
Greek-Russian relations will remain unaffected by the Ukrainian ecclesiastical issue, according to Sergey Lavrov's relative assertion to Nikos Dendias. The ...
Children from Romania, Ukraine, Poland, Russia and Serbia will be hosted by the Metropolis of Kitros
The program of free hospitality for children and young people from other Christian Orthodox countries, which is being implemented for ...
UNESCO Adds Russia’s Ancient Pskov Churches to World Heritage List
Seventeen unique buildings in the northwest Russian city of Pskov were among the latest cultural gems to join UNESCO’s list ...
Russian pranksters persuaded Zaev to “bribe” the Ecumenical Patriarch
Two Russian pranksters, famous for their hoax phone calls, tricked North Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev into seemingly agreeing to ...
Moscow’s missed chance (on Ukrainian Church’s Autochephaly)
By Kadri Liik, Momchil Metodiev, Nicu Popescu* However, this is not the full story. This ecclesiastical conflict has complex roots, ...
Autocephaly for Ukraine: How it happened
By Kadri Liik, Momchil Metodiev, Nicu Popescu* After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the ecclesiastical landscape in Ukraine became ...
Into Ukraine: Dilemmas for the Russian Orthodox Church
By Kadri Liik, Momchil Metodiev, Nicu Popescu* The Kremlin’s relationship with the church is not as direct as that with, ...
Moscow and the Orthodox Church
By Kadri Liik, Momchil Metodiev, Nicu Popescu* The Russian state and Russian church have long been close: in 1722 Peter ...
Defender of the faith? How Ukraine’s Orthodox split threatens Russia
By Kadri Liik, Momchil Metodiev, Nicu Popescu* An average Westerner may well have overlooked the potentially seismic geopolitical event of ...
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