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Public Orthodoxy is the primary public-facing initiative of the Orthodox Christian Studies Center of Fordham University, featuring editorials and video series on issues of importance for the Orthodox Christian world. PublicOrthodoxy.Org
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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)
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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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)
Sunday, May 17, 2026, from 5:00 to 8:00 PM at Kyma Hudson Yards, 445 West 35th Street, New York. (1/6)
May 12, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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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)
May 14, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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)
Register for Sunday’s event at the link at the end of this quoted thread!
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)
Sunday, May 17, 2026, from 5:00 to 8:00 PM at Kyma Hudson Yards, 445 West 35th Street, New York. (1/6)
May 12, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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Theological commonplaces—familiar summaries of church teaching—often blur the line between divine dogma and human tradition. (1/7)
May 12, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Theological commonplaces—familiar summaries of church teaching—often blur the line between divine dogma and human tradition. (1/7)
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)
Sunday, May 17, 2026, from 5:00 to 8:00 PM at Kyma Hudson Yards, 445 West 35th Street, New York. (1/6)
May 11, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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)
Sunday, May 17, 2026, from 5:00 to 8:00 PM at Kyma Hudson Yards, 445 West 35th Street, New York. (1/6)
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)
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)
May 10, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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)
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)
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)
May 8, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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)
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)
May 6, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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)
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)
May 2, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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)
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)
April 24, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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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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)
The book launch and conversation takes place April 23, 2026 at 6:00pm in McNally Amphitheater, Fordham Lincoln Center campus. (1/6)
April 20, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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Register for tomorrow’s online event at the link at the end of the quoted thread!
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)
April 21, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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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.
April 21, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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.
Register for the event at the link at the end of the quoted thread!
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)
The book launch and conversation takes place April 23, 2026 at 6:00pm in McNally Amphitheater, Fordham Lincoln Center campus. (1/6)
April 20, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Register for the event at the link at the end of the quoted thread!
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Register for the event at the end of this quoted thread!
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)
April 19, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Register for the event at the end of this quoted thread!
Register for the event at the end of this quoted thread!
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)
April 19, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Register for the event at the end of this quoted thread!
Reposted by Public Orthodoxy
Register for the event at the link at the end of this quoted thread!
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)
The book launch and conversation takes place April 23, 2026 at 6:00pm in McNally Amphitheater, Fordham Lincoln Center campus. (1/6)
April 18, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Register for the event at the link at the end of this quoted thread!
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)
The author is rector of St. Sergius of Radonezh parish in Paldiski, Estonia. (1/7)
April 19, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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)
The author is rector of St. Sergius of Radonezh parish in Paldiski, Estonia. (1/7)
Register for the event at the link at the end of this quoted thread!
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)
The book launch and conversation takes place April 23, 2026 at 6:00pm in McNally Amphitheater, Fordham Lincoln Center campus. (1/6)
April 18, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Register for the event at the link at the end of this quoted thread!
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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)
April 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Register for the event at the end of the quoted thread!
Register for the event at the end of the quoted thread!
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)
April 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Register for the event at the end of the quoted thread!
Reposted by Public Orthodoxy
Register for this event at the end of the quoted thread!
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)
The book launch and conversation takes place April 23, 2026 at 6:00pm in McNally Amphitheater, Fordham Lincoln Center campus. (1/6)
April 16, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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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)
Arius forced the early church to define the Trinity. (1/6)
April 17, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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)
Arius forced the early church to define the Trinity. (1/6)
Register for this event at the end of the quoted thread!
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)
The book launch and conversation takes place April 23, 2026 at 6:00pm in McNally Amphitheater, Fordham Lincoln Center campus. (1/6)
April 16, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Register for this event at the end of the quoted thread!
Reposted by Public Orthodoxy
Register for this event at the link at the end of this quoted thread!
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)
April 15, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Register for this event at the link at the end of this quoted thread!