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Religious fundamentalism as psychosis
By Vasileios Thermos, Psychiatrist, Professor, and Priest of the Church of Greece At the very beginning, we consider it necessary to make some clarifications. First of all, fundamentalism is not…
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The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church issued an official position regarding the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Paris
From there they point out that for more than 2000 years Christianity has been the basis of European civilization. The BOC emphasizes that it has left its indelible mark on…
International
Open letter to the President of the Republic
By Jean-François & Hisako Moulinet, and the team of the interreligious circle "Dialogue & Alliance" The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games has provoked many reactions in the heat…
Human Rights
Whitewashing China’s Persecution of the Falun Gong
The recent article, in Le Monde diplomatique concerning the persecution of Falun Gong in China presents a perspective that minimizes the human rights violations faced by its followers. Of addressing…
Christianity
The leadership of Mount Athos requested additional information from the police about the action against “Esphigmen”
The Greek police have sent a letter to the Holy Kinotis (the community of representatives of the 20 Athos monasteries that make up the leadership of Mount Athos) asking for…
Christianity
Deacon Andrey Kuraev was accepted into the clergy of the Exarchate of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Lithuania
On July 23, 2024, Archdeacon Andrey Kuraev was admitted to the clergy of the Exarchate of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Lithuania in response to his request, according to an official…
Christianity
The Russian patriarch to Putin: You are the first truly Orthodox president
On July 28th Russian Patriarch Kirill awarded Vladimir Putin with the Church Order "St. Alexander Nevsky - First Class" in St. Petersburg, expressing his satisfaction with the complete agreement between…
Christianity
The number of religious young people in Moscow has decreased twice
Research by the Institute for Demographic Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) from October 2022 shows that over the past 14 years, the level of religiosity among youth…
Christianity
Peace that comes from heaven
By Taras Dmytryk, Lviv, Ukraine When we speak of the peace that comes down from heaven, we consider this peace to be the grace of God, given to us by…
Europe
One year after the Russian shelling of Odesa and its Cathedral, still no financial assistance from UNESCO
The world community strongly condemned Russia’s shelling of the historical center of Odesa which damaged and disfigured the Orthodox Transfiguration Cathedral. Many Western delegations visited Odesa but only two Western…