Dr Andreja Bogdanovski
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Religion journalist & analyst covering Orthodox affairs, politics, and security. Bylines: The Tablet, Church Times, Premier Christianity, Balkan Insight & others. Views are mine. https://divinediplomacy.substack.com/ 📍Edinburgh | Skopje
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Hi there! Just sent out the latest Divine Dispatch with a roundup of Orthodox stories at the intersection of religion and politics. Trump pressed Erdogan on the Halki Theological Seminary. Also, Bartholomew said he will never retract Ukraine’s autocephaly. www.divinediplomacy.com/p/trump-resp...
Trump responds favourably to Bartholomew in Washington
New Sinai Archbishop elected ● Progress for Halki Seminary ● Legal fight over UOC-MP ban ● GRU–Serbia links and hybrid attacks on religious sites in Europe
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Russia messing with the Orthodox world- and likely behind hate crimes in western Europe
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Hi there! Just sent out the latest Divine Dispatch with a roundup of Orthodox stories at the intersection of religion and politics. Trump pressed Erdogan on the Halki Theological Seminary. Also, Bartholomew said he will never retract Ukraine’s autocephaly. www.divinediplomacy.com/p/trump-resp...
Trump responds favourably to Bartholomew in Washington
New Sinai Archbishop elected ● Progress for Halki Seminary ● Legal fight over UOC-MP ban ● GRU–Serbia links and hybrid attacks on religious sites in Europe
www.divinediplomacy.com
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Hi there! Just sent out the latest Divine Dispatch with a roundup of Orthodox stories at the intersection of religion and politics. Trump pressed Erdogan on the Halki Theological Seminary. Also, Bartholomew said he will never retract Ukraine’s autocephaly. www.divinediplomacy.com/p/trump-resp...
Trump responds favourably to Bartholomew in Washington
New Sinai Archbishop elected ● Progress for Halki Seminary ● Legal fight over UOC-MP ban ● GRU–Serbia links and hybrid attacks on religious sites in Europe
www.divinediplomacy.com
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Breaking. The Bishop of London Sarah Mullally - to be the new Archbishop of Canterbury.

She is the first woman to hold the Church of England’s highest clerical office.
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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on agreeing on a common Easter date:

"There are differing sensitivities among the Churches. It is also our duty to avoid new divisions. For the Orthodox Church, what was established by an Ecumenical Council can only be modified by another Ecumenical Council."
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Pope Leo: "The Holy See, since the [Ukraine] war began, has made great efforts to maintain a position that, as difficult as it might be, [is not] one side or the other, but truly neutral."

No reaction to the Vatican's neutrality.

It would have been different story if Pope Francis had said this.
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Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe (Extremadura,Spain)-UNESCO world heritage site. One of the most important Marian shrines.
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Here we roll put the red carpet for a state visit next week
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There is a crying need for clergy of all varieties to repudiate this movement, to condemn it in the press and pulpit.
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Putin’s salami slicing exercise aimed at Nato worked better than expected.
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REPORTER: What's your reaction to Russia's drone incursion into Poland?

TRUMP: It could've been a mistake
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A recent move by Jerusalem Municipality to freeze the bank accounts of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem has been criticised by Christian advocacy organisations linked with the Patriarchate.

New for Church Times

www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
Israel freezes accounts of Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Move is ‘an assault’, says Middle East Council of Churches
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How (un)realistic are Putin's church demands in Ukraine and what could they look like in practice?

I spoke with Tetiana Derkatch who gave the contours of what these demands can be and the latest reactions from Ukraine.

Today's story for The Tablet

www.thetablet.co.uk/news/putins-...
Putin’s church demands meet cold reception in Ukraine - The Tablet
Guaranteeing the rights of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the official use of the Russian language emerged as one of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin’s
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Heresy news latest
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Before the Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska, Russian Patriarch Kirill didn't pray for peace in Ukraine, but to

"achieve this important, great goal...a fundamental change in relations between the two great nuclear powers [US-Russia]."
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Story for Church Times: “Those within the Serbian Orthodox Church know that if Patriarch Porfirije, by brutally dismantling the [SOC's] judicial institutions, eventually expels me from the church community, he will then be able to throw anyone out of the Church whenever he wishes.” Pantelić said.
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Before the Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska, Russian Patriarch Kirill didn't pray for peace in Ukraine, but to

"achieve this important, great goal...a fundamental change in relations between the two great nuclear powers [US-Russia]."
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Two major diplomatic efforts/initiatives: Alaska and the White House talks with Europe et al.

Produced nothing historic.

Not even a ceasefire could be agreed upon.
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As I've been writing for a while "the church question" was brought up during Trump-Putin talks.

"Mr. Putin asked for guarantees for Russian to become an official language again in Ukraine and security for Russian #Orthodox churches, the officials said."

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/w...
After Meeting Putin, Trump Reverts to Land Swaps for Peace in Ukraine
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New for The Tablet - Ahead of the #Alaska talks, Russia maintained that guaranteeing the rights of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), which has historic ties to Moscow, would be a necessary condition for any tangible progress towards a ceasefire.

www.thetablet.co.uk/news/ukraine...
Ukraine ambassador defends Vatican diplomacy ahead of Alaska talks - The Tablet
Ukraine’s Ambassador the Holy See denied there was a “strong Russian influence at the Vatican” influencing its approach towards peace negotiations.
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