Table of Contents
Main Theme
Editorial
Council Practice
Paul Valliere. Councils as a Manifestation of the Church
Aleksey Beglov. All-Russian Church Council of 1917–1918 as a Phenomenon of the Conciliar Practice of the Church
Contemporary Context
Alexander Kyrlezhev. Orthodox Commonwealth: A Typology of Autocephalous Churches
Nicolas Kazarian. The Pan–Orthodox Council: Shaping New Orthodox Geopolitics
Preparation of the Council and Its Agenda
Andrey Gusev. History of the Preparation of the Pan-Orthodox Council
Alexei Yudin. The Agenda of Vatican II Council and of Pan-Orthodox Council it the Preparatory Period: Parallels and Differences
Vladimir Khulap. ’The Calendar Question’: Conciliar Discussions Throughout History and Today
Andrey Shishkov. Controversial Ecclesiological Issues of the Pan-Orthodox Council Agenda and the Question of Sovereign Power in the Orthodox Church
Alexander Agadjanian. Orthodox Vision of the Modern World. Context, Нistory and Meaning of the Synodal Document on Church Mission
Historical Aspects
Lora Gerd. The Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Russian Church before the Revolution
Pavel Ermilov. Debates About the Right to Convoke Pan-Orthodox Council in the End of the 19th and the First Half of the 20th Century
Alexander Mazyrin. The Russian Factor in the Failure of the Pan-Orthodox Council in the 1920–1930s
Contemporary Theology
Aristotle Papanikolaou. Eucharist, Councils and Primacy
VARIA
Nadezhda Beliakova. The 1917–1918 Local Council of the Russian Church: New Approaches and Studies