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 …
John Henry Newman proclaimed a Doctor of the Church
In November 2025, the long process of rethinking the Catholic Church’s attitude towards John Henry Newman came to an end – he was proclaimed a new Doctor of the Church (Doctor ecclesiae), becoming the 38th on this list of outstanding Read More …
Ecumenical relations in Ukraine during the Large Invasion
This was the topic of Sergii Bortnyk’s article in the German-language magazine “Religion und Gesellschaft in Ost und West” (Religion and Society in East and West), published in November 2025. This issue of the magazine was dedicated to the 100th Read More …
Clarification of Catholic teaching on the Virgin Mary: not Co-Redemptrix and Mediatrix, but Mother of Christ and of all Christians
On 4 November 2025, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith published a doctrinal note entitled “Mater populi fidelis”. The subtitle clearly indicates the subject of this note: “On Some Marian Titles Regarding Mary’s Cooperation in the Work of Read More …
Members of the CF “Academic initiative” co-authored a German-language volume entitled “Christianity as an Educational Religion”
In late autumn 2025, the German publishing house transcript Verlag released a collection of ecumenically oriented articles titled Christianity as an Educational Religion: Biblical-Theological and Confessional Perspectives. The authors of the published texts are specialists in Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Read More …
Cambridge hosted a conference on rethinking the theory and practice of ecumenical cooperation between the churches
On 5–6 December 2025, Jesus College, Cambridge, hosted an International Conference entitled “Rebooting Ecumenism: New Paradigms for the 21st Century.” The event was organised by the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies (IOCS), founded over 25 years ago, and the Huffington Read More …