Some EU countries do not sufficiently inform their own populations about the threats associated with the instrumentalization of religion by…
IRF Summit 2026: Religious freedoms as a barometer of social development
At the International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington, greetings from the Dalai Lama were read out, a message from George…
The Murder of the Polish Metropolitan. A Key Episode in the Struggle for Church Independence in Europe
On 8 February 1923, an archimandrite of the Russian Orthodox Church, Smaragd (Latyshenkov), shot Metropolitan Georgii (Yaroshevsky). The gunshot sounded…
“Christmas Readings”: Church and staff exercises in Russia
Russian media discussed the annual 34th Christmas Readings, which took place in Moscow at the House of the Russian Army…
How the Kremlin Used the Church to Fight Bulgaria’s Accession to the Eurozone
Moscow has long used the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, which maintains close ties with the Russian Orthodox Church, as an instrument…