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History of Eastern Catholic Churches part 9
an antique Russian Orthodox icon What effect did the Crusaders' sack of Constantinople in 1204 have on church relations? This question is, in reality, the key to many of the challenges we face today in getting the East and West to reunite. For many Orthodox, any discussion of [...]
History of Eastern Catholic Churches part 8
an antique Russian Orthodox icon So, given everything we have said so far, why have the last thousand years been different from the first thousand years? Let's begin by breaking the first thousand years into two five-hundred-year periods. During the first five hundred years, the church was growing [...]
Peter Anderson – 24 August 2021: Bartholomew’s last day in Kyiv
Peter Anderson reports from the Orthodox world. Longstanding reporter of the news from the Eastern Church, Peter Anderson shares our dream of a unified Christianity. His love for Orthodoxy has driven him to this personal mission to share the news of East with the world through his email list. The [...]
Peter Anderson – 22 August 2021: Bartholomew in Kyiv — an appeal for peaceful coexistence of churches
Peter Anderson reports from the Orthodox world. Longstanding reporter of the news from the Eastern Church, Peter Anderson shares our dream of a unified Christianity. His love for Orthodoxy has driven him to this personal mission to share the news of East with the world through his email list. The [...]
History of Eastern Catholic Churches part 7
an antique Russian Orthodox icon There are so many problems in Russia today with the Russian Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church. Are these caused by the historical split of the churches or by something else? The Russian Church was the last of the Orthodox to break communion [...]
Peter Anderson – 13 August 2021: Celebration in Imbros, forthcoming visit to Kyiv & other news
Peter Anderson reports from the Orthodox world. Longstanding reporter of the news from the Eastern Church, Peter Anderson shares our dream of a unified Christianity. His love for Orthodoxy has driven him to this personal mission to share the news of East with the world through his email list. The [...]
History of Eastern Catholic Churches part 6
an antique Russian Orthodox icon I've heard the term uniate. What does it mean and where did it come from? The term uniate was originally applied and is still in use by the Orthodox in a negative sense. It refers to the Eastern Catholic Churches who had unified [...]
Peter Anderson – 4 August 2021: Protopresbyter Leonid Kishkovsky — A Great Builder of Bridges
Peter Anderson reports from the Orthodox world. Longstanding reporter of the news from the Eastern Church, Peter Anderson shares our dream of a unified Christianity. His love for Orthodoxy has driven him to this personal mission to share the news of East with the world through his email list. The [...]
History of Eastern Catholic Churches part 5
an antique Russian Orthodox icon Why was the break with the Orthodox Church considered different from that of the Anglican or other churches? With the split between the Catholics and Orthodox we had a fundamental rupture in the church. The two aspects of East and West were, in [...]
Peter Anderson – 27 July 2021: A huge procession again in Kyiv & other news
Peter Anderson reports from the Orthodox world. Longstanding reporter of the news from the Eastern Church, Peter Anderson shares our dream of a unified Christianity. His love for Orthodoxy has driven him to this personal mission to share the news of East with the world through his email list. The [...]
