The concept of fundamentalism is mainly associated with Islam, but this worldview is inherent in any religious tradition, including Eastern Orthodoxy. Despite the widespread nature of this phenomenon within the Orthodox Church, there is currently a lack of in-depth research Read More …
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Conference marking the 100th anniversary of the St. Sergius Institute
From 27 to 29 November 2025, Paris hosted an international conference on ‘The Heritage and Horizons of Orthodox Theology in the 21st Century’. This honourable ecclesiastical and academic assembly, attended by more than 150 scholars and clergy (in person and Read More …
Sergii Bortnyk has been approved for the third time as a consultant to the Pro Oriente Foundation
In January 2026, Sergii Bortnyk began his third term as a consultant to the Austrian Pro Oriente Foundation, which aims to deepen cooperation between Christians in the East and West. This decision was approved by Josef Gruenwidl, the newly elected Read More …
Sergii Bortnyk spoke at the discussion of the EKD Memorandum on a just peace
On 25 February 2026, an online seminar organised by the Evangelical Academies of Germany took place. The seminar was devoted to discussing the Memorandum of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) “World in turmoil – Just peace in sight. Evangelical Read More …
The International Congress on Freedom of Religion and Belief in Spain addressed the situation in Ukraine
The III International Congress on Freedom of Religion and Belief was held in Barcelona on 28–30 January 2026. The event was organised by the Chair of Religious Freedom and Freedom of Conscience of Catalonia and the Blanquerna Observatory on Media, Read More …
The Transnational Dimension of Russia’s Conservative Turn
The ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war is the natural result of a series of ideological transformations that Russia has undergone over the past three decades. After the wave of liberalisation in the 1990s, the infamous concept of the ‘Russian world’ began to Read More …
Commemorative events marking the 100th anniversary of Protopresbyter John Meyendorff
On 6–7 February 2026, events commemorating the centenary of Protopresbyter John Meyendorff (1926–1992) were held at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, NY). Representatives of the Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University also participated in organising the meeting. The first day Read More …
On the concept of a just peace in Ukraine
In November 2025, the German publishing house Evangelische Verlagsanstalt (Leipzig) released a set of articles called A Just Peace Examined: Texts on the Contemporary Search for Evangelical Peace Ethics. It is important to note that this book was published together Read More …
The “Sofia Brotherhood” has published a book on reconciliation among Orthodox Christians in Ukraine
In late December 2025, the “Sofia Brotherhood” NGO published a book containing texts presented between April and October of that year, in various formats, by members of the organisation and invited experts for broad public discussion. The book is entitled Read More …
Berdyaev Colloquiums within the Context of the Orthodox-Catholic Ressourcement
Nowadays, it is hard to surprise anyone with the diverse forms of ecumenical interaction between Orthodoxy and Catholicism. Though a century earlier, any initiative aimed at bringing the two historic Churches into closer contact required considerable courage, the ability to Read More …