Tag: Conciliarity
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Russian Orthodox Clergy Support Justice and Respect for the Law
by Sergei Chapnin | ру́сский The reform of the judicial system, which practically never acquits and is fully subordinate to law enforcement agencies, has long been discussed in Russia. However, only civil activists are involved in the debates. The government keeps evading any participation in the discussion, and the courts continue arbitrarily to pass unreasonably […]
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The IOTA Moment
by Irina Paert Just when we all thought that global Orthodoxy was in a state of deep crisis, God had a surprise for us. Indeed, when four member churches of the Orthodox global family rejected the invitation of Patriarch Bartholomew to attend the Holy and Great Council of Crete, which had been in preparation for […]
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The Crisis of Orthodox Multilateralism
by Rev. Dr. Nicolas Kazarian | ελληνικά | ру́сский | српски The contemporary Pan-Orthodox conciliar process appeared in parallel to the creation in 1920 of the first global, political and multilateral institution, the League of Nations, which later became the United Nations after the Second World War. This correlation is even more apparent when we look at the […]