In May 2026, the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs published a working paper titled “Religion and the Russia-Ukraine War: A Primer.” The study is a part of a larger Georgetown University project titled “The Geopolitics of Religious Read More …
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On the role of the person in community life
Contemporary Orthodox theology has long been at the centre of a heated debate regarding the role of the person within the church community. The false dichotomy between ‘Eastern communality’ and ‘Western individualism’ has often served as a pretext for accusing Read More …
A book on the issue of obtaining ecclesiastical autocephaly has been published
In April 2026, Ukrainian-language edition of Alexander Bogolepov’s book Towards the Unity of the Orthodox Church in America was published. This edition was prepared by the Kyiv Theological Academy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The author of this work, first Read More …
CEC: The ‘Russian World’ ideology contains heretical assertions
On 12 March 2026, the Governing Board of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) adopted a document entitled ‘Resisting Empire, Promoting Peace: Churches Confront the ‘Russian World’ Ideology”. In particular, it addresses the heretical nature of claims that a soldier’s Read More …
Myroslav Marynovych: “The religious and ecclesiastical identity of the modern Ukrainian nation can only be inclusive”
On 19 April 2026, as part of the ‘25 Strategic Questions for Ukraine’ project, an article by Myroslav Marynovych entitled ‘What should be the Kyivan Church of the future?’ was published. This is not a standard interview, but a strategic Read More …
‘Just Orthodox’ in Ukraine: only 15% or more than a half?
In early April 2026, an article was published on the website of the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (https://www.kiis.com.ua/) showing that, depending on how the questions are phrased, between 15% and 56% of those who identify as Orthodox Christians consider Read More …
Reflections on Great Lent
At the invitation of the editors of the German-language theological website “Feinschwarz.net”, Sergii Bortnyk has written an article reflecting on the meaning of Great Lent for Orthodox Christians, particularly during the ongoing war in Ukraine. In particular, he wrote about Read More …
A conference was held in memory of Archbishop Anastasios
March 2-4, 2026, at the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, Massachusetts (USA), an international conference was held dedicated to exploring the life, theological legacy, and ecumenical ministry of His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios (Yannoulatos) of Tirana and Read More …
Patriarch Filaret and independence of the Church
On 20 March 2026, Patriarch Filaret, who is associated with a long period in Ukrainian Orthodoxy, passed away. At the request of the editors of the website ‘Orthodox Times’, Sergii Bortnyk has written a short article about his life and Read More …
The book “Canonical Amorphs (Essays on Canonical Oikonomia)”
In preparing reviews of notable books recently published in the field of theology and related disciplines, we could not overlook the book “Canonical Amorphs (Essays on Canonical Oikonomia)”. Its author is Gregory Papathomas, Metropolitan of Peristeri from the Ecumenical Patriarchate Read More …