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Orthodoxy Without Christ

Sergei Chapnin

Sergei Chapnin, author of the First Things article โ€œA Church of Empireโ€ was recently fired from his post at the Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate for criticizing the patriarchateโ€™s policies. On...

โ€‹A Church Of Empire

Sergei Chapnin

I joined the Russian Church late in 1989, becoming actively involved in its life soon thereafter. This was two years before the fall of the Soviet Union, and times...