The Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church and Its Interreligious Dialogue Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 73 (5) ◽  
pp. 735-744
Author(s):  
Ioannis Christodoulakis
Keyword(s):  
Interreligious Dialogue ◽  
Orthodox Church

The Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church and Interreligious Dialogue

2020 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 370-384
Author(s):  
Stylianos Tsompanidis ◽  
Angeliki Ziaka
Keyword(s):  
Interreligious Dialogue ◽  
Orthodox Church

The Russian Orthodox Church and Interreligious Dialogue

Exchange ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-179
Author(s):  
Neven Vukic
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Interreligious Dialogue ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Muslim Population ◽  
Religious Dialogue ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
To Come

This article reflects on the practice of inter-religious dialogue within the Russian Orthodox Church. The Russian Orthodox Church, or the Russian Patriarchate, as it is otherwise called, is currently the largest (with respect to the number of faithful) autocephalous church within the Orthodox world. Within the Russian Federation, the Orthodox faithful form a majority. However, the Muslim population has increased steadily in recent years and now forms a significant minority. Indeed, in certain regions the Muslim population has, in fact, become the demographic majority. Therefore, inter-religious contact is a lived reality within the Russian context. This article examines Russian Orthodox attempts to come to terms with this reality. It does so by examining official statements (i.e., theory), and by reflecting on the Church’s approach to the issues (i.e., practice) which arise from the attempt to implement the official approach within the Russian Federation (e.g., ‘orthodoxization’, lackluster education, proselytism). Furthermore, this article reflects on the repercussions for the entire Orthodox World which result from the events unfolding in the Russian Church.

Ethnic and Confessional Politics of the Reich in Occupied Ukraine (1941-1944)

2001 ◽  
pp. 70-77
Author(s):  
Nadiya G. Stokolos
Keyword(s):  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Church Management ◽  
Traditional System ◽  
Church Life

Orthodox church life in Ukraine from the summer of 1941 to the spring of 1944 was characterized by a sharp confrontation between two Orthodox churches, administrative centers of which were located in Volyn, in Lutsk and Kremenets. The Autonomous Orthodox Church (APC) was headed by an archbishop (from December 1941 - Metropolitan) Alex (Gromadsky). After his tragic death on May 7, 1943, the APC remained virtually without a chapter, since at this time the occupation authorities abolished the traditional system of church management. The Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC) throughout its time was headed by an archbishop, and from May 1942 Metropolitan Polycarp (Sikorsky).

Christian unity: the search for ways to achieve

2001 ◽  
pp. 91-100
Author(s):  
Yu. Ye. Reshetnikov
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Turn Of The Millennium ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Christian Churches ◽  
The Press ◽  
Christian Unity ◽  
Future Policy

Last year, the anniversary of all Christianity, witnessed a number of significant events caused by a new interest in understanding the problem of the unity of the Christian Church on the turn of the millennium. Due to the confidentiality of Ukraine, some of these events have or will have an immediate impact on Christianity in Ukraine and on the whole Ukrainian society as a whole. Undoubtedly, the main event, or more enlightened in the press, is a new impetus to the unification of the UOC-KP and the UAOC. But we would like to focus on two documents relating to the problem of Christian unity, the emergence of which was almost unnoticed by the wider public. But at the same time, these documents are too important as they outline the future policy of other Christian denominations by two influential Ukrainian christian churches - the Russian Orthodox Church and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. These are the "Basic Principles of the attitude of the Russian Orthodox Church to the" I ", adopted by the Anniversary Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, and the Concept of the Ecumenical Position of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, adopted by the Synod of the Bishops of the UGCC. It is clear that the theme of the second document is wider, but at the same time, ecumenism, unification is impossible without solving the problem of relations with others, which makes it possible to compare the approaches laid down in the mentioned documents to the building of relations with other Christian confessions.

Ilya Fondaminsky and the Spiritual Awakening of Asia

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 139-147
Author(s):  
Matthew Franklin Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Awakening ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Colonial Oppression

The article tells about the life and the heritage of a significant person in Russian emigration, I.I. Fondaminsky. Being Jewish by birth, Fondaminsky became close to Slavophilism and Eurasianism. Shortly before his death, he was converted to Orthodoxy and was recognized as a saint of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople. Fondaminsky tried to reconcile leftist, Christian and monarchist ideas in his works. Another important aspect of his work was the expectation of an “awakening of the East” resulting then in the liberation of the East from spiritual and colonial oppression.

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