Andrei German
Kievan Rus’ since the time of her reception of Christianity, has possessed a direct relationship with the Church of Antioch, and the ancient people of Syria. Yet so few realize that the very first Metropolitan of Kiev was a Syrian—and yet this is a historical fact.
Archpriest Vadim Leonov, Dionysius Reddington
The Council participants who have stood up to defend the purity of the Orthodox faith and the teaching of the Church will become the natural center of consolidation for Orthodox people of various nationalities and countries, for whom the Church is not a rudimentary organ of the collapsed Byzantine Empire, but the living Body of Christ.
Matfey Shaheen
Upon witnessing the shameful politicization of the memory of Metropolitan Vladimir (Sabodan) by his secretary Alexander Drabinko, anyone who truly loved Vladika Vladimir cannot remain silent.
Kirill Alexandrov
One of the Phanar’s leading ideological narratives is an interpretation of the schism according to which the noble Greeks in an unequal struggle oppose the attempts of Russian barbarians to seize power in the Orthodox Church.
It’s a time for sadness and regret over the bad, and gratitude to God for the good. But just as it has since the Lord built it, the Ark of Salvation continues its blessed and glorious journey across the stormy sea of life, ready to take into its invincible enclosure all those who truly seek salvation in Christ our God.