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ReviewsHoly Russia, Holy War?
The Ukraine war is not only a geopolitical war with Russia, but actually a war within Orthodoxy itself. So argues Katherine Kelaidis in her new book Holy Russia? Holy War? Her rather fatalistic assessment of the situation is tinged with hope for change, says Paul Valler
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Magazine FeaturesThe little known story of Bob Marley's conversion to Christianity
The reggae superstar and populariser of Rastafarianism became a Christian shortly before his death in 1981. Tony Cummings reports
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Magazine FeaturesKallistos Ware (1934-2022): The evangelical ‘convert’ to Orthodoxy was a father in the faith to many
Metropolitan Kallistos Ware was a distinguished pastor, scholar and theologian in the Orthodox Church who treasured his evangelical roots. Greg Downes remembers him
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TestimoniesFrom witchcraft to Orthodoxy
The writer and environmentalist Paul Kingsnorth was attracted to nature religions, but says Jesus ‘dragged’ him out of Wicca and towards him
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Magazine FeaturesExplained: The religious motivations behind Putin’s unholy war
As war rages, Justin Brierley asks Ukrainian Orthodox scholar Father Cyril Hovorun and Catholic journalist Clifford Longley about the religious beliefs motivating Vladimir Putin
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OpinionHow many civilians must die before the Russian Orthodox Patriarch intervenes?
It’s not enough to sanction the Russian oligarchs, it’s time to put pressure on Putin’s spiritual oligarch too, says Bishop Joseph D’Souza
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Opinion‘Stop the war’ Russian Orthodox leader on why hundreds of ‘brave’ priests are joining his campaign
Dr Andrey Kordochkin introduces the open letter which nearly 300 of his fellow Russian Orthodox Priests have signed
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OpinionChristian clarity on human nature has never been more needed. That is why I signed the Nashville Statement on sexuality
The Nashville Statement on LGBT issues and Christian theology has generated a lot of discussion this week. Scholar and author Alastair Roberts explains why he signed it.
