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The Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church took place on Crete 19-26 June 2016, and the main sessions took place in a small Cretan village of Kolymbari. This remote destination concluded century-long journey of preparations and... more
Дискуссии о рукоположении женщин в православной церкви были достаточно продолжительное время вопросом, связанным с участием в экуменическом движении, постепенно становясь внутриправославным вопросам. Несмотря на то, что в рамках... more
Die Stellung der Frau in der Kirche stand nicht auf der Traktandenliste des Heiligen und Großen Konzils, obwohl diesbezüglich praktische Empfehlungen einer vorkonziliaren Konferenz seit 1988 auf ihre Umsetzung warten. Darunter befindet... more
Изданието включва размишленията на трима известни гръцки духовници и богослови по повод Събора в Колимбари, Крит през 2016 г. (наричан "Свят и Велик събор на Православната църква").
The present article addresses the history of the preparations of the Pan-Orthodox Council since 1923, when the Pan-Orthodox Conference was held in Istanbul, until January 2016, when the Synaxis of the Primates was held in Chambésy,... more
An upsurge in Orthodox anti-ecumenical criticism in 2016 has raised the question of the current state of ecumenism. Examining this topic , the author describes a new form of ecumenical activity associated with the emergence of... more
With this paper the author tries to answer questions raised by some of the detractors of the Holy and Great Council. He is analysing from the point of view of Orthodox Canon Law if the delegation of bishops and the principle of... more
The Orthodox Patriarchate of Constantinople went through a series of changes in the eighteenth century. By 1763 gerontismos was established, and the Patriarchal seal was divided into four. As such, the metropolitans of the Holy Synod... more
The question of women's ordination: Feminist ecclesiological challenge or promotion; Commenting on the findings of the Theological Conference on the place of the woman in the Orthodox Church and on the ordination of women
Georgian version of - "On Ecumenoclasm: Anti-Ecumenism in Orthodox Theology" Posts appearing on Public Orthodoxy (Orthodox Christian Studies Center of Fordham University, New York) (April-September 2016).
in: Orthodoxes Forum. Zeitschrift des Instituts für Orthodoxe Theologie der Univ. München 31 (1-2/2017) 119-125.
οι ''Παρατηρητές'' στην ''Αγία και Μεγάλη Σύνοδο'' έχουν καθαρά διεκκλησιαστικό χαρακτήρα και χαρακτήρα ενημερώσεως, μακριά από κάθε είδους επίπλαστης και εσκεμμένης παρουσίασής τους ως νόθευσης της συνοδικότητας και της πίστεως της. Δια... more
Even though the Romanian theologian André Scrima was one of the main protagonists of the ecumenical turn in Orthodox-Catholic relationships, his vision of unity between Eastern Christianity and Western Christianity has not yet received... more
The article deals with the ecclesiological challenges that rose after the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church in Crete (June 2016) following the encounter between East and West, as far as the orthodox-catholic dialogue is... more
В 1860-х годах в правительственных кругах велась дискуссия о путях распространения среди крестьян Северо-Западного края, наряду с начальным образованием, также и исторических знаний о «Западной России» – землях бывшего Великого княжества... more
In this paper I will try to emphasise the genesis and the development of the phrase: “the Orthodox Church accepts the historical name of other non-Orthodox Christian Churches and Confessions”, by finding how this highly controversial... more
The Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church held in June 2016 on Crete concluded a century long preparation process, which had made its way in the context of dramatic events and rapid social, political and demographic... more
Στη σύγχρονη ιστορία της Ορθόδοξης Εκκλησίας το γεγονός που σημάδεψε τη συνοδική της παρέμβαση στο σύγχρονο Κόσμο ήταν η επονομαζόμενη Αγία και Μεγάλη Σύνοδος, που έλαβε χώρα στην Κρήτη το 2016. Έκτοτε και μέχρι σήμερα ποικίλες απόψεις... more
Das Heilige und GroBe Konzil der Orthodoxen Kirche, das im Juni 2016 auf Kreta stattgefunden hat, war Abschluss eines rund einhundert Jahre dauernden Vorbereitungsprozesses inmitten der dramatischen Ereignisse und rasanten... more
Two draft documents of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church deal with LGBTQI issues: 1) explicitly in inner ecclesiastical context concerning exclusively same-sex unions (The Sacrament of Marriage and its Impediments,... more
The Russian Orthodox Church has officially refused to participate in the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church. The official reason was the refusal of three other local Churches and therefore a violation of the principle of... more
В статье рассматривается проблема развития социального учения православной церкви в рамках первого этапа всеправославного процесса, связанного с Энцикликой Вселенского патриарха 1902 г. Выясняется роль разных факторов, препятствующих... more
Σε δύο από τις θεματικές της Αγίας και Μεγάλης Συνόδου των Ορθοδόξων, (α) «Οι σχέσεις τῆς Ὀρθοδόξου Ἐκκλησίας πρός τόν λοιπόν Χριστιανικόν κόσμον» και (β) «Η αποστολή της Ορθοδόξου Εκκλησίας ἐν τῳ συγχρόνῳ κόσμῳ», διακρίνεται μία σειρά... more
The paper discusses three possible outcomes of the planned Great and Holy Council of the Orthodox Church: 1) No Council in 2016; 2) Insignificant Council; 3) Significant Council.
Интервью для сайта "Портал-Кредо.Ру" про Святой и Великий Собор Православной Церкви: насколько серьёзные поправки к документам, "украинский вопрос", журналистский пул и быт участников.
The Synaxis of the Primates to the Holy and Great Synod which took place in Chambesy (January 2016) signed a Proposal to Holy and Great Synod of the Orthodox Churches on the topic of Marriage Impediments, especially in the... more
В статье рассматриваются подходы к понятию свободы в рамках двух православных социальных доктрин, выраженных в документах Русской Православной Церкви, а так- же в рамках всеправославного процесса подготовки к Великому и Святому Собору... more
The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the synodical principle of the Orthodox Church as the key to church unity against the background of the Holy and Great Council. This may be considered as an opportunity and a chance as well as a... more
This paper was presented at the 8th International Conference of Orthodox Theology. Under the Auspices of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. The Conference was hosted by A.U.Th., and took place in Thessaloniki, Greece, from May 21-25, 2018, with... more
Once decided to be convened for 19th of June, pan-Orthodox pro-Synod failed, being postponed just two weeks before. It took several decades to restart pre-conciliar process, and again just two weeks before we are at risk, that the Holy... more
Данная статья поможет познакомиться с историей формирования документов Святого и Великого Собора и всего социального дискурса Церкви, развивавшейся в рамках предсоборного процесса, а затем перейти к основным идеям и богословским... more
Es gibt theologische Diskussionen in der orthodoxen Kirche über die Frauenordination und es bestehen verschiedene theologische Positionen nebeneinander. Es besteht jedoch nach wie vor kein Einvernehmen in dieser Frage. Theologische und... more
The paper was presented at ODIHR OSCE seminar“Interreligious Dialogue for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Discrimination, Baku, 10-11 October 2016. The key to constructing another model of inter-religious dialogue lies in the... more
Le métropolite Damaskinos Papandreou fût une figure ecclésiastique de l'orthodoxie à un tournant critique et décisif de son histoire récente, qui était doué des multiples talents. Ceux d'entre nous qui l'ont connu intimement peuvent... more
Προς μια νέα ευρωπαϊκή ορθόδοξη εκκλησία
Белорусам вообще не надо ожидать от Собора, от Константинопольского патриарха чего бы то ни было. Пора перестать представлять себя как некий объект православия, следует становиться субъектом, жить в контексте не замкнутой группировки, а... more
Ioannis Lotsios
This article reflects on the forthcoming Holy and Great Synod of the Orthodox. It focuses on the issue of the synodical system and the way of taking decisions. It was publised at the theological periodical "Synaxis", 2015, pp. 76-78
This article is devoted to the church-historical assessment of the Synodal period as the most complicated one in the history of the Russian Orthodox Church, which is often estimated with diametrically opposite values and inevitably... more