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The Essence Of The Image Of The Fool In The Context Of The Orthodox Teachings In Eastern Europe, Olga Polumysna, Valeriy Bulatov 2024 V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University

The Essence Of The Image Of The Fool In The Context Of The Orthodox Teachings In Eastern Europe, Olga Polumysna, Valeriy Bulatov

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

The article explores aspects of the image of the holy fool in the context of Orthodox teaching in Eastern Europe. The phenomenon of people who are called holy fools in the thinking and teaching of the Orthodox religious tradition is a controversial issue and still causes conflicting opinions, because the actions of people called holy fools are difficult to understand both for simple observers and for Orthodox researchers. The contrast of opinions in the formation of the holy fool's gestalt is of particular interest to this study. Is the life of holy fools directly connected with sacred life and Orthodox …


17th Century Ecumenical Activities Between Ecumenical Patriarchate And The Early Protestant Churches, Svetoslav Ribolov 2024 Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"

17th Century Ecumenical Activities Between Ecumenical Patriarchate And The Early Protestant Churches, Svetoslav Ribolov

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

The ecumenical activities and contacts between the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Protestant churches in the 17th century were largely shaped by two remarkable figures of the Orthodox Church–the Patriarch of Constantinople Cyril Lucaris and Metrophanes Kritopoulos, who later became the Patriarch of Alexandria. Their sincere desire for contact with Protestant theologians, along with their commitment to open dialogue and cooperation was the most important factor in Orthodox-Protestant relations in that era. However, while the political climate in Europe initially allowed for some rapprochement between Christians in the Ottoman Empire and those who had embraced the Reformation, things eventually changed after …


Academic Reasearch On Saint Sava Of Serbia In Greece, Ioannis Kaminis 2024 Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"

Academic Reasearch On Saint Sava Of Serbia In Greece, Ioannis Kaminis

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

The paper examines Greek Academic studies dedicated to Saint Sava, the first archbishop of the Serbs. It focuses on St. Sava's activities, the historical relations between Greeks and Serbs during the Middle Ages and beyond, and the most significant research on the Serbian saint. The analysis primarily addresses books concerning the Orthodox Church in Serbia, featuring prominent researchers such as Antonios-Emilios Tachiaos, Ioannis Tarnanidis, Athanasios Angelopoulos, Dimitrios V. Gonis, and Georgios-Nectarios Loes, along with one postgraduate thesis and one dissertation. The study concludes with a critical assessment of the current state of research and proposes potential future avenues for studying …


Bulgarian Orthodox Theologians As Participants In The Negotiations For Church Unification With The Old Catholic Church In The Second Half Of The 20th Century – According To Archival Sources And Research, Ivan Yovchev 2024 Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”

Bulgarian Orthodox Theologians As Participants In The Negotiations For Church Unification With The Old Catholic Church In The Second Half Of The 20th Century – According To Archival Sources And Research, Ivan Yovchev

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

After the First Pan-Orthodox Conference on the island of Rhodes (1961), the relations between the Orthodox Church and the Old Catholic Church were increasingly activated and strengthened, with the Bulgarian Orthodox Church taking an active part, which has a established tradition in this direction, mainly because of the activity of Prof. protopresbyter Stefan Tsankov between the two world wars. His work was continued by other theologians as representatives of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church in the negotiations with the Old Catholics for unification, which were held in various forums. In the course of proposed article, their names and activities are discussed …


Inter-Orthodox Conflicts In Ukraine And The Movement To Unite Ukrainian Orthodox Churches In The 20th And 21st Century, Tetiana Havryliuk, Yuriy Chornomorets, Bogdan Gulyamov 2024 National Academy of Statistics, Accounting and Auditing (NASAA), Kyiv, Ukraine

Inter-Orthodox Conflicts In Ukraine And The Movement To Unite Ukrainian Orthodox Churches In The 20th And 21st Century, Tetiana Havryliuk, Yuriy Chornomorets, Bogdan Gulyamov

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

he article analyzes the historical conditions in which the movement towards independence of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church took place. It is shown that the stages of formation of the independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine coincided with the stages of the Ukrainian people's struggle for state independence. The role of P. Skoropadskyi's government in establishing Orthodox statehood and the idea of building a canonical Ukrainian church independent of the Russian Orthodox Church is revealed. It is shown that in the 40s of the last century two Ukrainian Orthodox churches were formed on the territory of Ukraine - the Autonomous Orthodox Church, …


Lane Williamsburg History, Lane United Methodist Church, Williamsburg 2023 Wofford College

Lane Williamsburg History, Lane United Methodist Church, Williamsburg

Methodist Local Church Records

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Lane Williamsburg Membership Records, Lane United Methodist Church, Williamsburg 2023 Wofford College

Lane Williamsburg Membership Records, Lane United Methodist Church, Williamsburg

Methodist Local Church Records

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Lane Williamsburg Property Records, Lane United Methodist Church, Williamsburg 2023 Wofford College

Lane Williamsburg Property Records, Lane United Methodist Church, Williamsburg

Methodist Local Church Records

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Lebanon Eastover Membership Records, Lebanon United Methodist Church, Eastover 2023 Wofford College

Lebanon Eastover Membership Records, Lebanon United Methodist Church, Eastover

Methodist Local Church Records

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Lebanon Eastover Property Records, Lebanon United Methodist Church, Eastover 2023 Wofford College

Lebanon Eastover Property Records, Lebanon United Methodist Church, Eastover

Methodist Local Church Records

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Lebanon Eastover Church Council Minutes, Lebanon United Methodist Church, Eastover 2023 Wofford College

Lebanon Eastover Church Council Minutes, Lebanon United Methodist Church, Eastover

Methodist Local Church Records

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Lewis Chapel Sumter Records, Lewis Chapel United Methodist Church, Sumter 2023 Wofford College

Lewis Chapel Sumter Records, Lewis Chapel United Methodist Church, Sumter

Methodist Local Church Records

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Liberty Campobello Property Records, Liberty United Methodist Church, Campobello 2023 Wofford College

Liberty Campobello Property Records, Liberty United Methodist Church, Campobello

Methodist Local Church Records

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Liberty Chapel Florence Church Council Minutes 1991-2002, Liberty Chapel United Methodist Church, Florence 2023 Wofford College

Liberty Chapel Florence Church Council Minutes 1991-2002, Liberty Chapel United Methodist Church, Florence

Methodist Local Church Records

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Liberty Chapel Florence Church Council Minutes 1978-1990, Liberty Chapel United Methodist Church, Florence 2023 Wofford College

Liberty Chapel Florence Church Council Minutes 1978-1990, Liberty Chapel United Methodist Church, Florence

Methodist Local Church Records

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Liberty Chapel Florence Church Council Minutes 2015-2022, Liberty Chapel United Methodist Church, Florence 2023 Wofford College

Liberty Chapel Florence Church Council Minutes 2015-2022, Liberty Chapel United Methodist Church, Florence

Methodist Local Church Records

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Liberty Campobello Membership Records, Liberty United Methodist Church, Campobello 2023 Wofford College

Liberty Campobello Membership Records, Liberty United Methodist Church, Campobello

Methodist Local Church Records

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Liberty Chapel Florence History, Liberty Chapel United Methodist Church, Florence 2023 Wofford College

Liberty Chapel Florence History, Liberty Chapel United Methodist Church, Florence

Methodist Local Church Records

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Liberty Chapel Florence Membership Records, Liberty Chapel United Methodist Church, Florence 2023 Wofford College

Liberty Chapel Florence Membership Records, Liberty Chapel United Methodist Church, Florence

Methodist Local Church Records

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Liberty Chapel Florence Property Records, Liberty Chapel United Methodist Church, Florence 2023 Wofford College

Liberty Chapel Florence Property Records, Liberty Chapel United Methodist Church, Florence

Methodist Local Church Records

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