Papacy is back in global politics — that is, assuming it ever left. The gesture by Pope Francis to visit the Russian Embassy in Rome on Friday undoubtedly makes a notable event, for a variety of reasons. Pope Francis has an enduring reputation as a ‘pinkish pope’ credited with progressive […]
Tag: Orthodox Church
The Serbian Orthodox Church Is Once Again In The Crosshairs In Montenegro
Whatever devious designs Djukanovic and his potential foreign patrons might have, it’s clear that this atheist politician is hypocritically exploiting religion as part of a newly commenced Hybrid War destabilization campaign in Montenegro. The riotous unrest in Montenegro over the weekend that accompanied the enthronement of Metropolitan Joanikije of Montenegro […]
Milo Djukanovic And Montenegrin Serbs
Arrest and detention of three days for Joanikije, Bishop of Budimlye and Niksic, and eight priests of the Orthodox Cathedral of St. Basil of Ostrog in Nikšić has sparked tensions in Montenegro again. Namely, after the prayer procession that had been held in Nikšić on May 12th, on the feast-day […]
Vatican And Albanians In Kosovo
The Albanian Roman Catholic mass was Served in Serbian ancient town Novo Brdo, in Serbian Orthodox Church of Saint Nikola. All was done secretly, as is usually done by those who are self-aware of the guilt, Albanian Roman Catholic bishops held a mass at the remains of the ancient Serbian Orthodox Church.
West Destroying The Orthodox Church As An Obstacle To Its Expansion
Provoking conflicts in the Orthodox world has become a new area of US intervention in the internal affairs of other states, and the geographical spread of their activities is expanding rapidly. Besides Ukraine itself, the Ukrainian schism will directly affect Russia, Turkey, and Greece. Attempts to fuel dissension are currently being observed in the Balkans.
Learning from the Council of Nicea
Nicea is commemorated every year right after Pascha. But it is too important to be commemorated only then. In a sense we commemorate Nicea every time we say the Creed—i.e. at least every Sunday. For the Creed is not simply one item in the Liturgy, one piece of furniture within the ecclesiastical house. It constitutes the very walls of that house.
A Geopolitical Psalm
You don’t necessarily have to be interested in the details of the lives of earthly kings, but no matter what, sooner or later, the decisions they make will affect you.
The Sins of a Nation
Nations (and individuals) who ignore their wounds and griefs do not leave them behind – they bring them forward and repeat their battles endlessly. Subsequent generations who never knew the first cause, become the unwitting bearers of the latent violence and destruction that they have inherited.
Women’s Gifts
If the church were to produce a new canon which read, “If anyone teaches that a woman may be ordained to the sacramental and holy priesthood just as men can, let him be anathema!” would these Orthodox feminists sign on and agree with the canonical sentiment?
Chesterton, Lewis, and Metropolitan Anthony
These three are needed in any society that considers itself educated and intelligent; a society that is perhaps even somewhat bored with its feigned omniscience and, like Pilate, shrugs its shoulders and asks: “What is truth?”
Why Wait?
Our society has largely forgot what a wedding is. That is why it cannot understand why the gift of sex should not be given before the wedding day. Instead it asks, “Why wait?”
Who are the Ukrainians?
The Slavonic term Ukraine, for instance, in the Serbo-Croat case Krajina, means in the English language a Borderland – a provincial territory situated on the border between Russia and Rzeczpospolita.
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