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  1. Tamar78LA

    Will Ecumenical Patriarch encourage sectarian war in Ukraine?

    As known, in the cities of Bar (Vinnitsia region) and Lokhvytsia (Poltava region), local councils’ deputies, being under the pressure of the far-right group Pravy Sector, rejected the UOC-MP’s claim to allot a lot for building a church in favor of the UOC-KP. The interference of nationalist...
  2. Tamar78LA

    Ukrainian authorities accuse the victim of religious hatred

    On January 11, 2018 an announcement under the headline “Law enforcers began to investigate the facts of deliberate acts committed by certain representatives of the UOC-MP and the “Orthodox Union Radomir” aimed at inciting ethnic, religious hatred and enmity, as well as insulting citizens’...
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    • echr justice orthodox christianity politics presumption of innocence prosecutors provocation religious freedom schism ukraine
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    • Forum: Religious News
  3. Tamar78LA

    Why Not Speak About Humanitarian Activity, Indeed?

    The Syrian blogger from Turkey asks why don't religious organizations say aloud about their humanitarian efforts to attract more popular support to humanitarian activity in Syria, Iraq etc.? Here is the link to his post: The Mercy Comes from Believers, Why Hide It? And here are some...
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    • cooperation government humanitarian crisis interreligious iraq islam orthodox christianity russia syria
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    • Forum: Middle Eastern Politics
  4. Tamar78LA

    Letters from Syria

    I've read these letters in an OCP Publication’s book “Collected Writings on Orthodox Christianity: Various Aspects of Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches”. By the way, the book may be quite useful for those who want to become familiar with Oriental Orthodox Christianity, IMO.
  5. Tamar78LA

    Orthodox Christians: Met. Elpidophoros is to be the next EP?

    I've read that even Rev. Dr. John Chryssavgis was said to being restrained from the real decision-making due to his connections with the ambitious Metropolitan of Bursa Elpidophoros...
  6. Tamar78LA

    Orthodox Christians: Met. Elpidophoros is to be the next EP?

    A lot of users of Orthodox Christian forums express their opposition to the "primus sine paribus" idea. But there are speculations that the leadership of Constantinople is urgently needed to counterbalance the influence of Russian patriarch Kirill as well. "The perspective is clear – without...
  7. Tamar78LA

    Orthodox Christians: Met. Elpidophoros is to be the next EP?

    I've recently seen quite an interesting thread named "Will Metropolitan Elpidophoros be the next Ecumenical Patriarch?" at orthodoxchristianity.net. I haven't heard anything about such movements there till now. It's said that His Eminence Metropolitan of Bursa Elpidophoros (Lambriniadis) is...
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    • ecumenical patriarch elpidophoros lambriniadis future holy and great council orthodox world unity
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    • Forum: Same Faith Debates
  8. Tamar78LA

    OCA & Phanar : A Relationship in Crisis

    Constantinople simply has no money to maintain support the future Ukrainian Local Orthodox Church. Probably, that is a reason why EP has preferred to subject the OCA...
  9. Tamar78LA

    Orthodox Churches expressed their attitude to Ukrainian schismatics. Was Filaret made to understand?

    Thank you for the comment! I belong to the Georgian Orthodox Church. I'm afraid a united Ukrainian Orthodox Church is an utopia in the foreseeable future. The matter is not in Kyivan, Moscow or Constantinople jurisdictions, authority etc. but in the schism. Nobody can unite with the...
  10. Tamar78LA

    Is it easy/safe to be an Orthodox in Ukraine?

    Recognizing that the majority of Ukrainian population has a shallow knowledge of Orthodox teachings, representatives of the UOC-KP put a focus on political activity and make use of the peoples's "patriotic" (and in fact - nationalistic) feelings in their rhetoric. At the same time they are leery...
  11. Tamar78LA

    Orthodox Churches expressed their attitude to Ukrainian schismatics. Was Filaret made to understand?

    Orthodox Churches clearly expressed their attitude to Ukrainian schismatics. Was Filaret made to understand? Forgetting Christ's commandments, embracing ethnophyletism, giving preference to a Caesar, serving Mammon – all of this are symptoms of a serious disease that has affected schismatics...
  12. Tamar78LA

    Turkish intelligence was involved in abduction and execution of Syrian Metropolitans

    I've wrote an article with some background and details on this topic. You are welcome to read it here. Comments are highly appreciated!
  13. Tamar78LA

    Turkish intelligence was involved in abduction and execution of Syrian Metropolitans

    There is an article translated from the Arabic. Quite interesting, I would say. It is not a secret that Turkish President Racep Erdogan dreams of the new Ottoman Empire and wants to build it on the ideas of radical Islam. Erdogan follows the ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood, namely the...
  14. Tamar78LA

    Orthodox - 2016 Great Council may not take place

    The Patriarchate of Constantinople is looking increasingly isolated from mainstream of the Orthodox Church and its Council project, at least in its old form, is looking increasingly in doubt. The Inter-Orthodox Council, with a token number of bishops from each of the fourteen Local Churches...
  15. Tamar78LA

    Orthodox Christians only: EP can recognize UOC-KP. G.Soros involved. Is it OK??

    I'm certainly no expert on these matters, but it seems to me that politics plays too large a role in such decisions. It's doubtful for me whether it can help to save anybody's soul. Moreover, a church can't be canonically recognized just at the someone's discretion cause it must maintain the...
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