History of the Council of Florence: Introduction by I.N. Ostroumov
Sources for the History of the Council of Florence It was at an early period that the spirit of supremacy
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Church History
Some Preliminary Notes on the Influence of Freemasonry on Early Greek Ecumenism by Monk Seraphim (Zissis)
Source: https://www.geopolitica.ru/en/article/influence-freemasonry-early-greek-ecumenism Introduction in our modern times we are all experiencing the rapid, forced advance of globalization in its various
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Tomos of Synod of Blachernae in 1285 Against the Filioque
Source: http://www.oodegr.com/english/oikoumenismos/filioque_beccus.htm?fref=gc By the most holy and ecumenical Patriarch, Lord Gregory of Cyprus, who was attacked by certain individuals, and for
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The Response of Bishop Andrei (Erastov) to Vladimir Moss
Source: http://austroca.org/bishop-andreis-response-v-moss-%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82-%D0%B2-%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D1%83/ In his article “The Reunification Of The Russian Church” (Воссоединение Русской Церкви) https://nftu.net/reply-of-v-moss-to-the-proposals-of-bishop-andrei-erastov/#comment-2728, church historian Vladimir Moss provides
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Hieroconfessor Basil, Bishop of Kineshma and Those with Him [+July 31 OS / August 13 NS 1937]
[Source] Bishop Basil of Kineshma was born Benjamin Sergeyevich Preobrazhensky, in 1875 (according to other sources, 1873 or 1876) in
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Tsar Nicholas II: Restorer of Orthodox Autocracy by Vladimir Moss
[Original Here] The title “Restorer of the Orthodox Autocracy” has been ascribed to Tsar Paul I, and not without reason.
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Letters of Pope St. Gregory II (+731) to Emperor Leo Against Heresy of Iconoclasm
This letter, by Pope St. Gregory II, was presumably written in the year 729. We can gather this because his
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Fr. Vladimir (Guettee) on St. Augustine and the Papacy
Further down is an extract from Fr. Vladimir Guettee’s useful book “The Papacy”, which he wrote after his conversion to Orthodoxy.
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Canons, Commemoration, Chaos, and Churches: Thoughts and Unpopular Propositions
A somewhat free-wheeling overview of controversial issues. Breaking Communion: Public and Private Teaching Canon 15 of the First-Second Synod of
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Might and Right in Middle Byzantium by Vladimir Moss
[Original Article] It was a fundamental principle both of the Emperor Justinian’s legislation in the sixth century and of St.
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