For many years, the information space was dominated by the stereotype that the Holy Mountain supposedly offered unconditional support for Russian policy, the Russian authorities,... >>>
The Ideology of the Russian World Is Incompatible with Orthodox Christianity, Says Expert Priit Rohtmets
An interview with Priit Rohtmets, Associate Professor at the University of Tartu. Priit Rohtmets provides an indepth exclusive analysis of the most significant developments affecting the Church across the Baltic region. The interview was prompted by the latest ruling of the Supreme Court of Estonia, which serves as both the country’s highest court of cassation and its constitutional court. The court brought to a close the lengthy legal review of the law restricting the ties of Estonian churches with foreign organizations, in particular the Moscow Patriarchate. It ruled that the amendments to the Churches and Congregations Act are consistent with the Constitution. In practice, the decision requires local structures affiliated with the Russian Orthodox Church to end their subordinate relationship with the Moscow Patriarchate, which is based in Russia,... >>>
“The Bulgarian Church Is Often Used as a Mouthpiece for Propaganda,” Bulgarian Orthodox Priest Says
Archimandrite Nikanor is one of the best-known and most respected clergymen of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and the abbot of the Monastery of Saints Cosmas... >>>
The Peninsula of Church Paradoxes: What Is Happening to Orthodoxy in the Balkans
The Balkans are a region not only of geopolitical fault lines but also of deep ecclesiastical divisions. Local states have traditionally romanticized the church, seeing... >>>
Church law on the territory of Lithuania does not take precedence over Lithuanian laws. – Arunas Degutis
On April 26, an international conference dedicated to the 680th anniversary of the Cathedral of the Most Pure Mother of God took place in Vilnius.... >>>