Inter-Orthodox Relations
Patriarch Kirill at Eighty: Who Will Come to Moscow?
Patriarch Kirill turns eighty on November 20. Who travels to Moscow to honor him, and who stays home, will show where the Russian church now stands in...
October 2026
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For many Orthodox Christians, the answer to this question is an obvious “no.” However, two recent developments suggest that such an answer is perhaps overly dismissive. First, an attempt
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For many Orthodox Christians, the answer to this question is an obvious “no.” However, two recent developments suggest that such an answer is perhaps overly dismissive. First, an attempt by the Orthodox churches to convene a pan-Orthodox council was fraught with complications, demonstrating the fragility of global Orthodox synodality in the absence of the emperor or the pope. Second, the Catholic Church recently organized a series of assemblies intended to discuss and practice synodality at different levels. Arguably, this experience could prove valuable for the Orthodox churches, too. Has the time arrived for a shared, if distinct understanding of the papal primacy by the Orthodox and Catholic Christians? The lecture will propose a way forward in the search for a common understanding of papal authority, which remains the main obstacle to Catholic-Orthodox unity.
Dr. Paul L. Gavrilyuk, Inaugural Michael Huffington Chair of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, University of Oxford
Major support for the 2026 Economos Orthodoxy in America Lecture is provided by Christ and Anastasia Economos with additional support from the Nicholas J. and Anna K. Bouras Foundation Inc.
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Duane Library | Tognino Hall | Rose Hill Campus | Fordham University
2691 Southern Blvd.
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Orthodox Christian Studies Center, Fordham University
The Orthodox Christian Studies Center provides a space within a university setting for engagement with Orthodox Christianity by undergraduate and graduate students, participating faculty, and...
The Orthodox Christian Studies Center provides a space within a university setting for engagement with Orthodox Christianity by undergraduate and graduate students, participating faculty, and friends. It seeks to promote understanding of Orthodox Christianity in Western Culture; to preserve and perpetuate a vibrant Orthodox Christian tradition in America; and to promote ecumenical dialogue and relations.
November 2026
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Discussion with Fr. Bashar Fawadleh and Mother Agapia The dwindling Christian communities in the Holy Land face existential challenges that threaten their churches, livelihoods, and practice of the faith.
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Discussion with Fr. Bashar Fawadleh and Mother Agapia
The dwindling Christian communities in the Holy Land face existential challenges that threaten their churches, livelihoods, and practice of the faith. Through the firsthand eyewitness accounts of Mother Agapia and Father Bashar Fawadleh you will begin to understand why Christians make up less than two percent of the population of Israel and Palestine, why many Christians are leaving. What is the effect of roadblocks, illegal settlements that take over land, restricted permits for worship, harassment? What can be done? Is there hope?
Father Bashar is currently the parish priest at Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church in Taybeh, the Holy Land’s last all-Christian village, which has been declared a closed military zone by the Israeli government. Why? This is a unique opportunity to hear in person his witness and advocacy for the rights of Christian Palestinians. Mother Agapia is an Orthodox nun who was a member of the Convent of Saint Mary Magdalene in Jerusalem from 1996 to 2006 and served as administrator of the Orthodox Girls School of Bethany during that time. While she currently lives in a convent in upstate New York, she often leads pilgrimages to the Holy Land and remains in constant contact with the Christian communities there, including her latest visit in July, 2026. Her stories of Christian life in the land of our Savior are compelling and chilling.
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McNally Amphitheater, Lincoln Center Campus, Fordham University
140 W 62nd St, New York, NY 10023
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Orthodox Christian Studies Center, Fordham University
The Orthodox Christian Studies Center provides a space within a university setting for engagement with Orthodox Christianity by undergraduate and graduate students, participating faculty, and...
The Orthodox Christian Studies Center provides a space within a university setting for engagement with Orthodox Christianity by undergraduate and graduate students, participating faculty, and friends. It seeks to promote understanding of Orthodox Christianity in Western Culture; to preserve and perpetuate a vibrant Orthodox Christian tradition in America; and to promote ecumenical dialogue and relations.
