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The Council of Nicaea – 1700 years
By Fr. George Florovsky Nicaea was the city chosen to host the First Ecumenical Council. Constantinople was officially proclaimed only in 330, and at the time of the convocation of…
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The Apostolic Council in Jerusalem
By prof. A.P. Lopukhin Acts. 15:1. And certain men, which came down from Judea, taught the brethren, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.…
Christianity
The Speech of the Apostle Paul at the Areopagus in Athens
By prof. A.P. Lopukhin Acts 17:1. Having passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. Amphipolis is an Athenian colony, at that time…
Christianity
Paul and Silas in Prison
By prof. A.P. Lopukhin Acts of the Apostles, chapter 16. Paul in Lystra, Derbe, and Troas (vv. 1–8), The Vision of the Macedonian and the Journey to Macedonia (vv. 9–11),…
Asia
India and Pakistan: Religiously Armed Nuclear Nations
By William E. Swing On April 22, 2025, twenty-six, mostly Hindu, tourists were killed in the Indian administered region of Kashmir. This set off a cross-border exchange of armed retaliations…
Europe
No Intesa, No Recognition? Challenges of the State’s Role in Defining Religion in Italy
ROME — In the historic Sala Matteotti of Italy’s Camera dei Deputati, where law and legacy often converge, a quiet but urgent conversation unfolded this week about who gets to…
Asia
Pakistan’s Islamic Council Declares Child Marriage Ban “Un-Islamic” Amid Rising Concerns Over Girls’ Rights
ISLAMABAD — In a move that has sparked intense debate over the intersection of religion and human rights, Pakistan’s Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has declared a newly passed law…
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Without Intesa: A Quest for Recognition in Italy’s Religious Pluralism”
In a chamber of the Italian Parliament, beneath frescoed ceilings and marble columns, something quietly extraordinary was unfolding. It wasn’t a protest. It wasn’t a sermon. It was a conversation…
Portraits In Faith
Portraits in Faith: Oren Lyons and the Sacred Work of Justice
“Portraits in Faith” is a section dedicated to highlighting the lives and legacies of individuals who champion interfaith dialogue, religious freedom, and global peace. In the quiet forests of upstate…
Portraits In Faith
Portrait in Faith: Bhai Sahib Dr. Mohinder Singh Ahluwalia, OBE KSG
“Portraits in Faith” is a section dedicated to highlighting the lives and legacies of individuals who champion interfaith dialogue, religious freedom, and global peace. In a modest neighborhood of Handsworth,…