The Religious and Political Nature of the Pan-Orthodox Council
The Religious and Political Nature of the Pan-Orthodox Council

Author(s): Anna Maria Dyner, Piotr Kościński
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Politics
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: religion; Bulgaria; Georgia; Russia
Summary/Abstract: The decision of the patriarchates of Antioch, Georgia, Bulgaria and Russia not to participate in the council held in Crete from 19 to 26 June means that the meeting cannot be considered “Pan-Orthodox” as intended. The four declined to attend for reasons of jurisdiction and ambition. Unofficially, the council discussed issues of the divided Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the status of the Russian Orthodox Church outside Russia. In future, Orthodoxy will be increasingly influenced by the rivalry between the Patriarchate of Constantinople, which holds the honorary presidency, and the largest Patriarchate of Moscow and All Russia.

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