Orthodox & Oriental Orthodox Churches

Vasilios N. Makrides• Sebastian Rimestad (eds.) The Pan-Orthodox Council of 2016 – A New Era for the Orthodox Church?

Interdiscliplinary Perspectives

Berlin, 2021 . 276 S ., 5 Tab . Erfurter Studien zur Kulturgeschichte des orthodoxen Christentums. Vol. 19

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The present volume, based on a related conference in Erfurt, offers interdisciplinary insights on the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church or the Pan-Orthodox Council, convened on the island of Crete in June 2016 . Although some Orthodox Churches finally declined to participate – the most prominent being the Russian one –, the Council was a most significant development . It brought a considerable number of Orthodox Churches together and discussed crucial issues pertaining to today’s Orthodox world . However, it also vividly revealed existing serious problems of inter-Orthodox communication and collaboration . The contributions in this volume shed light on main issues related to this Council and their multiple repercussions for Pan-Orthodox unity and the future of the Orthodox world . Jakub Osiecki The Armenian Church in Soviet Armenia

The Policies of the Armenian Bolsheviks and the Armenian Church, 1920-1932

New York, 2020 . XVI, 272 pp .

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This book presents the results of comprehensive study on the history of Soviet Armenia and the Armenian Church in the years 1920-32 . Through documents uncovered in the Communist Party Archive in Yerevan and the Georgian Historical Archive, press antireligious propaganda, oral testimonies, and biographical interviews conducted by the author, The Armenian Church in Soviet Armenia expands the discussion on the history of the Armenian Church in the 20th century, especially regarding the relations between the spiritual leaders of the Armenian Church and the Bolsheviks . In accordance with stipulations laid out by the Central Committee in consultation with the GPU, Khoren Muradbekian was elected as the Catholicos of All Armenians . His election was the principal reason behind the schism inside the Church– which, especially in the Armenian diaspora, divided not only clergy, but laymen themselves . These divisions, even after hundred years, are still vivid in Armenian society .