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The Russian Orthodox Church, the situation in Syria and the crisis in the Greater Middle East
In a speech delivered on May 6 last, Patriarch Kirill - the Head of the Russian Orthodox Church - defined the Russian war in...
The smallest Orthodox Church in Europe converted into a “test-ground” for Ankara’s political technologies
A s the April constitutional referendum in Turkey approaches Recep Erdogan has promised to "hold Europe accountable" for the unjust attitude towards Turkish...
The post-Christian West and post-Western World
W hile the Western world is increasingly post-Christian and cosmopolitan, its Eastern sibling is trapped in a post-ideological bubble: strikingly entrenched and enveloped...
Neo-religionism of the post ideological Russia
T he lonely superpower (US) vs. the bear of the permafrost (Russia), with the world’s last cosmopolite (EU) in between. Is the ongoing...
Metaphysics and strategic analysis
S peaking about metaphysics today seems almost an insult to the standard Western culture, all based on Reason and Feeling and on empiricism...
Diplomacy of the conscience: The Holy See at the United Nations
7 February 2017 – Ever since 1964, when it was informally accepted to the United Nations General Assembly, the Holy See has...
The Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, in Davos
Many signals and food for thought have been provided by the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Parolin, in his very recent speech delivered at...
To be veiled or not to be veiled?
2016 was one of the bloodiest years in the recent history of Europe. European states increased their security measures in order to prevent and...
Cashing in on Counterterrorism: The Kuveyt-Turk Participation Bank Case
On June 13, St. Francis Assisi, a California-based nonprofit mutual benefit corporation, on behalf of Assyrian Christians, filed a complaint in the Northern District...
Gift to the Patriarch Kirill: Fullness of Orthodox Christendom has shown Unity
F or the past five months since the Council in Crete, concerns about a possible split have been making rounds around the...