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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Sergei Chapnin’s “Canonization and the ‘Act of Betrayal’” on Public Orthodoxy follows a single passage in Fr. Seraphim Rose’s Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future. (1/8)

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Theological commonplaces—familiar summaries of church teaching—often blur the line between divine dogma and human tradition. (1/7)

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

You are invited to the 2026 Kyma Benefit for the Orthodox Christian Studies Center. Sunday, May 17, 2026, from 5:00 to 8:00 PM at Kyma Hudson Yards, 445 West 35th Street, New York. (1/6)

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Christ is Risen. In a new article on PublicOrthodoxy, V. Rev. Dr. Stelyios Muksuris asks a direct question: how does the Resurrection actually touch our lives right now, in the middle of ordinary joys and struggles? (1/9)

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

A video showed an Israeli soldier smashing a crucifix in the Maronite village of Debbel, Lebanon. Within days, Israel’s leadership condemned the act, punished the soldiers, and helped install a replacement cross. (1/7)

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Giselle Soares, Ambassador Warren Clark Fellow for Churches for Middle East Peace, has published a new essay on Public Orthodoxy about Halki Theological Seminary. Closed since 1971, the seminary on Heybeliada may reopen for the 2026–2027 academic year. (1/6)

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Nine years ago, Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia appointed Metropolitan Shio Mujiri as his locum tenens. At the time, Mujiri was a little-known hierarch focused on biblical exegesis, not public politics. (1/6)

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

In a new essay at PublicOrthodoxy.org, Very Rev. Dr. Bogdan Bucur urges Orthodox Christians to resist legitimizing unchecked state surveillance, mistreatment of the vulnerable, and the cult of personality around political leaders. (1/8)

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

The Tretyakov Gallery moved Our Lady of Vladimir and Our Lady of the Don to the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in early April 2026. Patriarch Kirill announced the transfer, stating he appealed to President Putin, whom he invoked six times in a brief sermon.

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Read “Estonian Government Suddenly Speaks of Heresy” by Very Rev. Igor Prekup on PublicOrthodoxy.Org. The article was published in June 2024. The author is rector of St. Sergius of Radonezh parish in Paldiski, Estonia. (1/7)

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Is Donald Trump the Arius of American democracy? That is the question Dr. George Demacopoulos asks in a new article for PublicOrthodoxy.org. Arius forced the early church to define the Trinity. (1/6)

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Aaron Hollander's new book, Saint George Liberator, looks at modern Orthodox hagiography on Cyprus as a lived theology of liberation. The book launch and conversation takes place April 23, 2026 at 6:00pm in McNally Amphitheater, Fordham Lincoln Center campus. (1/6)

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

What if the councils were right about Christ but we have been reading them through the wrong metaphysics. Join us for an online discussion of David Bentley Hart's The Light of Tabor. (1/6)

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

It has been over a year since this piece appeared in June 2024. Philip Boobbyer, Reader Emeritus in History at the University of Kent, wrote "Breaking the Revenge Cycle?" for PublicOrthodoxy. The essay examines whether hatred created by war is an inevitability or something that can be undone. (1/8)

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Over a year ago—back in June 2024—Dr. Christopher Sheklian published "Of Borders and Bishops" on Public Orthodoxy. It’s a clear-eyed look at how the aftermath of Artsakh's ethnic cleansing collided with the Church in Armenia. (1/9)

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

A Protestant scholar with five decades in the same congregation visits her daughter’s newly-installed Orthodox prayer corner. Her immediate objection is not the incense or the chanting, but the placement of the Virgin Mary: “Why is it at the same level as Jesus?” (1/9)

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

It's been over a year since Dr. Branko Sekulić published "The Ethnoreligiosic Rose of the Kremlin” on PublicOrthodoxy.org (June 2024). The argument he makes there hasn't aged—it's settled into place. Sekulić distinguishes ethnoreligiosity from the older charge of ethnophyletism. (1/7)

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

THE DOORS OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE ARE LOCKED. Israeli authorities have closed the holiest site in Christendom amid war with Iran—blocking pilgrims during Easter. But the headlines miss the deeper story. (1/7)

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

She had two coins worth a couple of grapes. Jesus said she gave more than all the rich people combined. So why isn’t she a saint? Meet the Poor Widow of Jerusalem—praised by St. John Chrysostom, St. Cyril, St. Jerome, and St. Ephrem. (1/7)

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

The throne of the Georgian Orthodox Church is now vacant. After nearly five decades under the leadership of Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II, a nation awakens to an unfamiliar reality. (1/7)

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Rev. Dr. Alexander Hurtsellers, priest at St. Mary’s Orthodox Church in Endicott, NY, offers a thoughtful pastoral response in his new article for Public Orthodoxy. (1/7)

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Faith calls us to stand for truth, dignity, and justice. A recent open letter from PublicOrthodoxy.org raises urgent concerns about civil and human rights violations in the United States—calling Orthodox Christians everywhere to reflect, respond, and act. (1/5)

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

What if the true threat of AI isn't that it becomes too human, but it forces us to finally confront what being human really means? In his new article, “Artificial Intelligence and Absolute Vulnerability,” Rev. Dr. Richard René moves beyond surface-level anxiety about machines surpassing us. (1/7)

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Feeling overwhelmed by news cycles? Burdened by pressures that make your priorities feel fuzzy? In a world of "passionate intensity," it is easy to lose sight of what really matters. This new piece on Public Orthodoxy suggests the secret to a clear mind isn't just a better work life balance. (1/6)

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

“We like to believe we are innocent of history’s worst crimes.” But what if that belief is just a myth? In a powerful and unflinching essay from June 2024, Dr. Katherine Kelaidis @katiekelaidis.bsky.social challenges a comfortable narrative within American Orthodox Christianity. (1/8)

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Is the Church speaking with moral clarity, or has it traded the Gospel for talking points? In a powerful new essay on PublicOrthodoxy, Fr. Jonathan Tobias argues that many Christian leaders are failing a moral test. (1/6)

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Over one year ago, Dr. Bryce Rich published a vital & incisive piece of theological clarity. His article "Transgender Experience and the Limits of 'Gnosticism'" for PublicOrthodoxy (June 2024), Dr. Rich responds to claims that contemporary transgender identities are a form of "reborn heresy." (1/8)

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

"Our Seraphim flew away from us." In a moving tribute for Public Orthodoxy, the Very Rev. Dr. Michael Meerson remembers his friend of nearly fifty years, Bishop Seraphim (Sigrist)—a man who truly lived with his "head in heaven" while his feet walked the earth. (1/7)

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

“I leap my great leap.” This stunning line from a poem by Fadi Abu Deeb opens his latest reflection for Public Orthodoxy. It is an invitation to move beyond comfort zones and into the depths of faith. (1/8)

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Is the price of silence being paid by our children's future? In a new essay for Public Orthodoxy, the Rev. Dr. John Chryssavgis warns of an "era of fear and silence" surrounding the Trump administration's approach to the EPA. (1/6)

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

"They have eyes but do not see." In a powerful and timely critique published over a year ago in July 2024, renowned theologian Rev. Dr. John Chryssavgis addresses a troubling episode of inter-Christian hostility on PublicOrthodoxy. (1/7)

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Is the Moscow Patriarchate an arm of the Kremlin's intelligence services? A new analysis by Evagelos Sotiropoulos for Public Orthodoxy exposes the escalating information war against the Ecumenical Patriarchate. (1/9)

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Is "patriarchy" really just about power? Or have we completely misunderstood a God given calling? In their new piece for PublicOrthodoxy.Org, Dr. David C. Ford and Dr. Mary Ford from St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary offer a profound response. (1/7)

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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

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