... wait-and-see silence increases the risks. One might recall the international silence that accompanied the beginning of the Bolshevik religious persecution of Ukrainian Orthodox communities in the USSR in the early 1920s. Because the persecution focused on the Orthodox Church, it elicited little outcry from public and religious organizations abroad. [
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Freedom of religion is a universal legal value, and so politicization and discrimination against this fundamental ...
... capable of heating up any conflict at an uncontrollable speed.
Ivan Timofeev:
Closing Loopholes: Outlining the U.S. and EU Sanctions Policy Onward
Let’s start with the possible material consequences of the sanctions for Patriarch Kirill and the Russian Orthodox Church. Blocking financial sanctions mean that individuals under UK jurisdiction are prohibited from engaging in any financial transactions with the blocked persons. Their assets are frozen. That is, formally they remain the property of the blocked ...
The Current Situation Demonstrates the Failure of both the Phanar and Moscow Models, and their Revitalization Appears Unlikely
The conflict surrounding the Orthodox church in Ukraine has moved irrevocably beyond the purely intra-ecclesiastical agenda. Experts, political scientists, and journalists have plunged headlong into the subtleties of canon law, the history of intra-Orthodox relations and discussions ...
