18 July 2024

Understanding the Old Country Part 3: Ukrainian nationalism and Orthodoxy

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  As I've previously related, Ukrainian nationalism is inextricably tied to Uniatism and a tendency to go into schism. So besides Uniati...
16 May 2024

A note on the tone and subject matter of A Son of the Metropolia

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The internet often makes us cold and terse.  This is something endemic to it.  My writings have been no exception.  My words in my articles ...
10 February 2024

Understanding the Old Country Part 2: Competing national visions: Ukrainianism versus Russophila

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This series continues, amid the buzz surrounding Tucker Carlson's interview this week of Vladimir Putin.  A long, complicated history wa...
26 December 2023

Understanding the Old Country Part 1: Laying the ground work for the general American/western media understanding of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus

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This is the first part in a series on Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus.   This topic will be approached in part from the perspective of the old...
11 March 2023

A few exhibits of current religious life in Ukraine

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Some brief exhibits of contemporary religion in Ukraine.  We can see the transformation of religion there.  We see the sacramentalization of...
27 December 2022

On "Russian Kwanzaa," A Commentary on WSJ Article: "This Christmas, Many Christians in Ukraine Turn Away From Russia"

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In the past, I have used the snide label "Russian Kwanzaa" to refer to Ukrainian nationalism (Ukrainianism.)  And here we have a w...
29 October 2022

Orthodox Initiative #3: Pray for apostates

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We live in a time of apostasy.  Many of us have watched as fellow parishioners have left the Orthodox faith.  This is not unique to Orthodox...