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 Our weekly guide to relevant info, news & events that underline Christianity in its habitus
A Great Thursday
The two Russian churches will have a common future. Thursday, the heads of the two churches signed a pact that ended the schism between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad. The two churches separated due to the different ways in which they wanted to deal with communism after the soviet revolution in 1917. However, there are some fears the pact will create another kind of schism in the near future (...)
Another Russia
Thrilled by the news of the two Russian Orthodox Churches uniting, let's not forget what exactly Russian means today. The West only began to understand the role of John Paul II in the fall of communism after all the work was done; the same case with Russia today, the West doesn't see the bigger picture about the oligarchy in Russia, where everyone is in fact a captive. Read here more about the unseen life of the Russians (...)
Orientale Lumen
We may be one", the end words of Patriarch Bartholomew at the Second Orientale Lumen Eastern Conference reaffirmed the Orthodox commitment to unity and to be united in the body of Christ. As was expected, he emphasized the importance of liturgy inside the church , where all the aspects of faith are recapitulated and vectorized towards the eschaton. Read more about the conference and about the future meetings (...)
The Ups And Downs From the Brazilian Visit
Pope Benedict XVI has many skills, he's a well-prepared communicator, he's a skilled logician and he knows what he says. But he's somehow unable to understand people's reactions to his words. It happened in Regensburg, it almost happened in Brazil. Read here more about the direct ways of papal speech and pope's inability to understand the deeper implications of his words in a certain historical space (...)
WCC's Message on Pentecost Day
Beginning with a short cultural reminder of the importance the Day of Pentecost has in various Christian traditions, WCC leaders reaffirm our duty to reunite under the work of the Holy Spirit. The letter also reminds of the fruits of cooperation between all the churches and expresses the will to strengthen future collaborations and dialogue between all Christians (...)
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