Γράφει
ο ειδικός Θεολόγος Sergei Chapnin για τις συνέπειες της σύγκρουσης της
Ρωσικής Ορθόδοξης Εκκλησίας με το Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο για τους
απλούς πολίτες
Пару месяцев назад я уже писал, что предсказать, как будут развиваться события вокруг украинской автокефалии невозможно. Главная проблема не в том, что будут делать стороны, вовлеченные в этот процесс (и конфликт).
Why
does Patriarch Cyrilfight
for the church in Ukraine? Her loss is a blow to the concept of
the “Church of the Empire,” which he developed after the fall of
the USSR. Until recently, it was hard not to agree that the
Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) is the largest and richest, but it
could not be converted into diplomatic victories over the Greeks.
Sergei Chapnin is an Associate Researcher of the Postsecular Conflicts Project (University of Innsbruck), Chief Editor of Dary (Gifts) almanac on contemporary Christian art and culture, and a Member of the Association for (Post-)Soviet Theology and Study of Religion (PAST).
Ukrainian President Poroshenko meets with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (credit)►Many among Ukrainian clergy and its government are anxious to gain full ecclesiastical autonomy for Ukrainian Church. The Ecumenical Patriarch appears willing to grant such status to the Orthodox Church in Ukraine. But this issue is ecclesiastically complicated and politically fraught. We offer a view of the ecclesiastical, legal
Tamara Grdzelidze for Sergei Chapnin Question: How do you assess the results of the Pan-Orthodox Council in general? Do they coincide with your expectations?
The Pan-Orthodox Council, which is officially called “Great and
Holy,” will not take place as planned. It has disintegrated before our
eyes just two weeks before it opens. Of the 14 local Orthodox Churches,
four have refused to attend.