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New Pentarchy – New Catholicity?

In early September a Synaxis of the Heads of the Four Ancient Patriarchates and the Patriarchate of Cyprus was held in Istanbul at the residence of the Patriarch of Constantinople. This event triggered discussions among experts about an attempt to bring back to life the institute of the Pentarchy in the East. The website “Bogoslov.Ru”, continuing the debate on this issue, offers an article by Doctor of Theology Andrew A. Ukhtomsky, Professor of Kiev School of Theology. In more detail December, 3
September, 17
The news that the Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople is convening a Synod of the Eastern Patriarchs on September 1, 2011, in Istanbul, with the participation of the Archbishop of Cyprus has generated contradictory assumptions concerning the forthcoming event as an attempt to reconstitute the Pentarchy. In the light of these developments, Albert Bondach believes it timely to analyze the history and possible relevance of the Pentarchy institute and to consider the place of the Moscow Patriarchate in it.

December, 17
Today Chinese society is on the verge of a religious revival. Forthcoming favourable social conditions provide a chance for the Chinese Autonomous Orthodox Church, whose mother is the Russian Orthodox Church, to be restored to life. Archpriest Dionisy Pozdnyaev considers the ways towards the re-creation of religious life in the framework of the model of church autonomy.

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