Rating: 9.5|Votes: 70

Statement of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church concerning the uncanonical intervention of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in the canonical territory of the Russian Orthodox Church

The Statement was adopted at an extraordinary session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on 14 September 2018 (Minutes No. 69).

Rating: 8.7|Votes: 62

"Patriarch Bartholomew will be remembered as a teacher of schism"

Alexander Shchipkov

The 7th of September will go down in history as a lamentable date. On this day, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew proclaimed and signaled a schism in Universal Orthodoxy, along the liberal and conservative lines. And he is officially headed in a liberal direction.

Rating: 8.7|Votes: 55

The Apotheosis of Eastern Papism

Archpriest Andrei Novikov

This article was put forth to analyze the speech of the Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew, at the Synaxis (Council) of the Archbishops of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, which was held in Istanbul on September 1-4, 2018.

Rating: 8.6|Votes: 58

Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev): The Current situation creates a threat of schism for Universal Orthodoxy

Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev)

We have made this statement today in the hope that they will reconsider their decision, that no exarchs will go to Kiev. However, in the event that the decision is not reconsidered, we will be forced to think of retaliatory measures. At the moment, such measures are being discussed by our Holy Synod.

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