The Russian Orthodox Church as moral norm entrepreneur [PDF]
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.
Kristina Stoeckl
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Stereotyping of the Russian Orthodox Church in Fake News in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Semiotic and Legal Analysis. [PDF]
Fake news is created as ordinary news stylistically but it consists of deliberate disinformation or hoaxes (aimed at misinforming or deceiving people).
Erokhina Y.
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International Relations by Proxy? The Kremlin and the Russian Orthodox Church
Russian officials and the Moscow Patriarchate have worked together in recent years to promote a socially conservative policy agenda, both domestically and beyond the Russian Federation’s borders.
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The Russian Orthodox Church and its fight against abortion: taking on the state and losing
During Vladimir Putin’s presidency, and in particular since the enthronement of Patriarch Kirill (2009), the Russian Orthodox Church has invested considerable energy and prestige in its fight against abortion.
Pal Kolstø
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Induced abortion in the world: 2. Present views on pregnancy termination. [PDF]
Abstract Abortion was practiced in most cultures for millennia, but was often disapproved and banned. The 20th century witnessed a progressive conditional legalization, often with limitations for the duration of pregnancy. Legalizing abortion was driven by multiple factors, including a desire to limit population growth, the emergence of movements that ...
Benagiano G +4 more
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The Russian Orthodox Church and the Pandemic: Problems, Challenges, Responses
The article discusses the reaction of the Russian Orthodox Church on the pandemic of COVID-19. This research identifies and analyzes major ideological cleavages on this issue, such as the possibility of transmitting viruses via the Eucharist, the ...
Mikhail D. Suslov
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Elastofibroma: a literature review and clinical case
Elastofibroma is a rare, slow growing, benign soft tissue tumor characterized by a typical location in the subscapularis. It has a mesenchymal origin and consists of proliferating fibrous and adipose tissue with elastic and collagen fibers in its ...
B. V. Boldin +5 more
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Kata Stichon Hymnography in the East Slavic Tradition
The kata stichon hymns are a peculiar genre of hymnography occurring as part of nocturnal prayer in early sources for the Byzantine Liturgy of the Hours. The use of these hymns in traditions on the Byzantine periphery remains in need of study.
Aleksandr Andreev +1 more
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“Top secret. Keep in secret”. Minutes of the previously unknown commission of l. D. Trotsky for the schism of the Russian Orthodox Church (may — october 1922) [PDF]
This publication introduces into scientific circulation a new archival source on the history of the renovationist schism in the Russian Orthodox Church — the protocols of the meetings of the commission of the Central Committee of the RCP (b) "On values ...
Sergei Ivanov
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"Are you in unity with matropolitan Sergy or in separation?" The correapondence of hieromartyr Seraphim (Samoylovich), Archbishop of Uglich with hieromartyr Veniamin (Voskresensky), Bishop of Romanov (1928-1929) [PDF]
This article for the fi rst time publishes the correspondence of hieromartyr Serafi m (Samoilovich), archbishop of Uglich, with another vicar, the bishop of Romanov hieromartyr Veniam (Voskresensky) from the period of December 1928 — January 1929.
Sergey Nikolaev, Michael Gar
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