Mark Jenkins

Charles III – an oecumenical king

our new king concluded his address to the nation with words from hamlet: “may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest,” an obvious reference...

Russian nuclear orthodoxy

for patriarch kirill nuclear weapons are necessary for salvation, explains mark jenkins sergei shoigu, the russian defence minister, is a pr...

Putin, Kirill and the Vatican

The shared vision of Russia’s church and state
there are many who see in patriarch kirill’s reluctance to condemn the russian invasion of ukraine, evidence of caesaropapism. certainly, it...

Expanding the Orthodox empire

Vladimir Putin’s designs on Ukraine are rooted in Russia’s ancient imperial ambitions for a Eurasian state
in 2016, i happened to be in karyes, capital of the monastic republic of mount athos, when vladimir putin swept into the small hilltop in a ...

Putin's take on the "Russian Idea"

A reading list that Putin gave to his regional governors in 2014 could shed some light on his vision for Russia
in 2014 vladimir putin recommended three books for his regional governors to read: justification of the good , by vladimir solovyov; philoso...

My road to Mount Athos

After a period of turmoil, Mark Jenkins heads to the Holy Mountain on a quest for knowledge
the sun was setting to the west as i stood upon a vantage point known to the byzantine residents of constantinople as hagios demetrios. it w...

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