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The Nine Years That Almost Destroyed the Orthodox Church: 1918
In my previous article, I began a series on the the chaotic nine-year stretch from 1917 to 1925 — an era that nearly destroyed the Orthodox Church, and produced the global Orthodox context in…
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The Nine Years That Almost Destroyed the Orthodox Church: 1917
Orthodoxy is currently facing a global crisis of unity. While we might be tempted to despair of the well-being of the Church, it is helpful to remember that, not so long ago, Orthodoxy faced…
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The Pan-Orthodox Council of 1998
Beginning in the post-Communist era in the early 1990s, a faction of schismatics emerged in Bulgaria, breaking away from the canonical Bulgarian Orthodox Church. These schismatics — known as the “Alternative Synod” — elected…
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Was Crete really the first “Pan-Orthodox Council” in centuries?
In the run-up to what was hoped to be a Great and Holy Council in 2016, many church leaders and commentators emphasized that this was a monumental event, the first time in X years…
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The Legacy of Father Nicola Yanney
What follows is the text I used for a talk on Fr. Nicola Yanney on October 28, 2018, at a pilgrimage in Kearney, Nebraska, commemorating the 100th anniversary of his repose. Audio and video…
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Patriarch Athenagoras Clearly States How Autocephaly Must Be Granted
Editor’s note: On Friday, Orthodox History published a 1970 letter by Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras in response to the Moscow Patriarchate’s decision to grant autocephaly to the “Orthodox Church in America.” After posting the letter,…