Tag: Andrey Shishkov
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Dark Ecclesiology: What We Do in the Shadows
by Andrey Shishkov | български | ქართული | ελληνικά | Română | Српски Speaking about human rights in Orthodoxy, we must clearly understand why we need this discourse and how it will influence theology and religious consciousness. In my opinion, it has two primary purposes: protection of the weak and inclusion. Today, the debate about […]
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The Navalny Protests and Orthodoxy’s A-Political Theology
by Andrey Shishkov | български | ქართული | Ελληνικά | Русский | Српски At the end of January, what were perhaps the largest protest rallies in the last ten years took place across Russia. The protests were sparked by the arrest of opposition politician Alexei Navalny, who had returned to his homeland after medical treatment […]
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Ten Days, Fourteen Delegations: Some Thoughts on the Format of the Upcoming Pan-Orthodox Council
by Andrey Shishkov The forthcoming Pan-Orthodox council is conceived as a council of delegations of all universally recognized autocephalous churches, which are headed by their primates. In reality, the difference between the Pan-Orthodox council and the synaxis of primates is insignificant. The Pan-Orthodox council format assumes that one delegation has one vote and decisions are […]