Orthodox Easter: Calendar Question Continues To Split The Church
This Sunday, Orthodox Christians around the world celebrate Easter. Recently, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew expressed his desire for Christians in both the East and West to begin celebrating Easter on a “unified date,” rather than following different liturgical calendars. Patriarch Bartholomew said that he hopes this could happen as early as next year. A step […]
‘The Russian World’: The Document That Rocked Orthodoxy
(ANALYSIS) The Congress of the XXV World Russian People’s Council, headed by Patriarch Kirill, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, issued a document on March 27 entitled: “The Present and Future of the Russian World.” In the document, the leadership of the XXV World Russian People’s Council describes the conflict in Ukraine as […]
Illinois And South Carolina Rank Tops In Religious Liberty Index
Illinois and South Carolina have the most religious liberty safeguards currently in place, while states such as West Virginia ranked at the bottom, a report issued by a conservative think tank revealed. The Center for Religion, Culture and Democracy at First Liberty Institute, a non-profit legal organization dedicated to defending religious freedom, issued […]
Mississippi And Illinois Rank Highest In Nation’s Religious Liberty, New Study Shows
WASHINGTON— The majority of Americans live with less than half of the legal protections of religious freedom available in other states, according to new research by the conservative think tank Center for Religion, Culture and Democracy. CRCD launched the Religious Liberty in the States Index on Sept. 14, which rates religious freedom in all 50 […]
Why Pope Francis Could Make His First Papal Visit To Serbia
BELGRADE, Serbia — In late November 2021, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the secretary of the Holy See for relations with states, visited Serbia. During his visit, he met with the country’s president and prime minister as well as recently-elected Patriarch Porfirije of the Serbian Orthodox Church. After meeting with the Serbian press, Gallagher said, “Pope […]
Orthodox Unity and the Future of Ecumenical Dialogue
Despite historic advances in Catholic-Orthodox relations, work for unity of Eastern and Western Christianity may be threatened Since Russia launched a military invasion into Ukraine on February 24, headlines around the world have focused on the atrocities of the war and its negative effects on international relations. Western journalists and theologians rushed to accuse President […]
Socialists To Confiscate Church Property In Montenegro
Events in Montenegro underscore how property rights, parental rights, and religious liberty go together. That nation’s socialist leadership passed a law allowing the government to seize religious property, declare a monopoly over the education of the youngest children, and limit parents’ ability to raise their children in their faith. On December 27, 2019, despite popular […]