The Syriac Orthodox and Coptic Orthodox Churches in Austria: Inter-Church Relations and State Recognition

Women in the Orthodox Church

Women in the Orthodox Church

Anyone reading the sublime words of the Orthodox Church Fathers is immediately struck with a number of overwhelming impressions. First, there emanates from their words a certain sense, by which all that is written seems intuitively true—as though some inner cord were struck in the reader, resounding harmonically with the tone of what the Fathers have written. Then, the more one reads of the Fat...

The Russian Orthodox Church as moral norm entrepreneur

Conflicts over religious symbols in the public sphere, gay marriage, abortion or gender equality have shown their disruptive potential across many societies in the world. They have also become the subject of political and legal debates in international institutions. These conflicts emerge out of different worldviews and normative conceptions of the good, and they are frequently framed in terms ...

the status and role of the orthodox church in russia’s ruling system 1917- 2010

the main purpose of this essay is the recognition of the status and role of the orthodox church in russia’s ruling system from 1917-2010; therefore, the question that is put forth in this research is: what correlation existed between the orthodox church and russia’s ruling system? in order to respond to this question, a major hypothesis is highlighted: the government and the orthodox church hav...

Exercises in orthodox geometry

Here is a collection of interesting problems in geometry. Solution of each problem requires only one non-trivial idea. The project is oriented to graduate students who want to learn fast simple tricks in geometry. For problem solvers. Easy problems are marked by “◦” and hard problems by “∗”. If the solution requires knowledge of some not quite standard theorem it is marked by “+”, in this case ...