Author: Public Orthodoxy
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Open Letter to the Synod of the Orthodox Church in America on the War in Ukraine
by Archpriest Denis J. M. Bradley His Beatitude, Metropolitan TikhonMembers of the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church in America Dear Archpastors: We[1] write as painfully concerned, truth–seeking, and truth–committed Orthodox Christians: we are chagrined clergy and lay members of the Orthodox Church in America, who as American citizens value religious and political freedom. Conscience […]
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Woman of Peace, Temple of War
by Matthew J. Milliner The Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces was sprinkled with holy water by Patriarch Kirill in 2020, but that does not mean it is holy. It has forsaken the elegant curves of a traditional Russian dome to deliberately resemble nuclear missiles (which Russian priests have cheerily blessed). The classic two-dimensional […]
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The Liturgical Consent to War
by A. Edward Siecienski In a famous scene from A Man for All Seasons, Thomas More defended his silence on the Act of Supremacy by citing a maxim of the law, “Qui tacet consentire videtur” (Silence betokens consent). His argument was that by saying nothing, the court must assume he agreed with the Act regardless […]
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Ukrainian Nationhood, “Russkii Mir,” and the Abuse of History
by Thomas Bremer Many observers of the current war in Ukraine who try to analyze its deeper reasons refer to the idea of a “Russian World,” “Russkii Mir.” This idea, they claim, is the key concept behind the Russian aggression, and shows the tight connection between religion and politics in Russia. A glance at the […]
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Blessed are the Peacemakers: Thinking Historically About Russian Orthodox Soft Diplomacy
by Aram G. Sarkisian If you stand before the iconostasis of St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Manhattan, the representation church of the Moscow Patriarchate to the Orthodox Church in America, you will see an old and ornate cross perched behind the altar table. First placed there nearly 120 years ago, it is an artifact […]
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Patriarhul Kiril, “Lumea Rusă” și Genocidul
de Jaroslav Skira Asocierea sugestivă a unui primat ortodox rus, a unei ideologii și a genocidului poate părea provocatoare sau senzaționalistă. Pentru mine, având în vedere actualul război nejustificat al Rusiei împotriva Ucrainei, legăturile dintre ele sunt departe de a fi așa. În acest moment al istoriei noastre comune ca familie umană, “numirea” unei realități […]
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Патриарх Кирилл, миф о «Русском мире» и геноцид
Ярослав Скира (Jaroslav Skira) Намек на наводящую на размышления связь между предстоятелем Русской Православной Церкви, идеологией и геноцидом может показаться провокационным или сенсационным. Что касается меня, принимая во внимание нынешнюю неоправданную российскую войну на Украине, связь между ними далека от этого. В этот момент нашей общей истории как истории человеческой семьи «наименование» реальности крайне важно […]
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Патријарх Кирил, мит о „руском свету“ и геноцид
Јарослав Скира (Jaroslav Skira) Сугестивно повезивање руског православног првенства, идеологије и геноцида може изгледати провокативно или сензационалистички. За мене, с обзиром на тренутни неоправдани рат Русије против Украјине, везе међу њима су далеко од тога. У овом тренутку наше заједничке историје као људске породице, „именовање“ стварности је изузетно важно за процену ужасних догађаја у Украјини […]
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ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΗΣ ΚΥΡΙΛΛΟΣ, Ο «ΡΩΣΙΚΟΣ ΚΟΣΜΟΣ» ΜΥΘΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΓΕΝΟΚΤΟΝΙΑ
Από τον Jaroslav Skira Η υπονοούμενη συσχέτιση ενός Ρώσου ορθόδοξου προκαθημένου, μιας ιδεολογίας και μιας γενοκτονίας μπορεί να φαίνεται προκλητική και τραβηγμένη. Για μένα πάντως, δεδομένου του τωρινού αδικαιολόγητου πολέμου των Ρώσων εναντίον της Ουκρανίας, η εν λόγω συσχέτιση δεν αποτελεί υπερβολή. Αυτή τη στιγμή της κοινής μας ιστορίας ως ανθρωπότητα, ο ορισμός ενός συμβάντος […]
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Patriarch Kirill, the “Russian World” Myth, and Genocide
by Jaroslav Skira | ελληνικά | Română | Русский | Српски Also available in Ukrainian (pdf) Suggestively linking a Russian Orthodox primate, an ideology, and genocide may seem provocative or sensationalist. For me, given the current unjustified Russian war on Ukraine, the connections between them are far from that. In this moment in our common […]