The new information about the seizure of church valuables from the Peter and Paul Court Cathedral in Peterhof in 1917. Items search perspective by Zelenyanskaya, Yulia V.

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Kerklike tug: ’n ‘inhoudloze kerkordelijke aangelegentheid’ in ’n plurale kerk? by Piet J. Strauss

“…According to this conviction, a difference in viewpoint enriches the members involved spiritually. The need for church discipline in order to keep the church obedient to its Head, Jesus Christ and His commands and to prevent members from opposing the beliefs in the church, is neither accepted nor advocated in a plural church. …”
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Epistolary as a source for the biographic research of Ivan Ogienko (Metropolitan Hilarion) and Andrey Sheptytsky, Metropolitan of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church by Prelovska Iryna Mykolaivna

“…Article reviews the epistolary sources for the study of the biographies of the Minister in the Government of UNR denominations headed by Simon Petlura Ogienko Ivan (1882-1972), later Metropolitan of Chelm and Podlasie (Lublin) Hilarion, and Metropolitan of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Andrey Sheptytsky (1865-1944). …”
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The Phenomenon of Mistrust in Church-State Relations of the Russian Empire in the 1860–1870s. Conflicts between the Consulate and the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem by A. I. Alekseev

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Toward the History of Relations of Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Callistrat (Tsintsadze) With Chairman of the Russian Orthodox Church Aff airs Council G. G. Karpov in 1944–19... by Mel'nikova Iia

“…This proceeding was fi nished by establishment of branch of controlling church organ in Georgia and in 1947 his Head was named Commissioner for affairs of Church of Georgia at the Council of Ministers of the Georgian SSR.…”
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Biserica evanghelică din Saschiz, judeţul Mureş. Cercetări arheologice (II): cimitirul exterior by Marcu Istrate, D.

“…An interesting feature is that most graves did not respect the traditional head‐ to‐ west orientation, being influenced by the church''s orientation, on the NW– SE axis. …”

Chapels and altars of the Papal Apostolic and Principal Cathedrals of the Catholic Pilgrimage in the Vatican by Rasha Abdel Moneim

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Non-Intrusive Head Movement Control for Powered Wheelchairs: A Vision-Based Approach by Sotirios Chatzidimitriadis, Saber Mirzaee Bafti, Konstantinos Sirlantzis

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Why did Kazan diocese have no archbishop in 1574–1575? (some notes on the history of Church governance in Russia in the 16th century) by Andrei Usachev

“…The article deals with the reasons of the absence of the Kazan archbishop, the head of one of the most huge dioceses in the Russian Church in the 16th century, which took the third place in the church hierarchy. …”
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Historical-graphical analysis and digital preservation of cultural heritage: case study of the baptismal font of the church of Santiago Apóstol in Montilla (Córdoba, Spain) by María Araceli Calvo-Serrano, Rafael Ortiz-Cordero, Rafael E. Hidalgo-Fernandez, Francisco Javier Mesas-Carrascosa, Francisco de Paula Montes-Tubío, Paula Triviño-Tarradas

“…For over four centuries, the temple has been the Main Church of the head of the Marquisate of Priego. This study aims to know, document and carry out a digital reconstruction of an important piece of the monumental heritage of the Catholic Church: the baptismal font of the church of Santiago Apóstol in Montilla. …”
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Exarch L. Fedorov on the religious policy of soviet authorities: “The government themselves regulate the dogmata of the Church in a way that seems most beneficial...” by Ivan Fadeyev, Dmitry Shebalin

“…This article analyses a document that has up to now been unknown to the present-day historiography, i.e. a letter from the head of the Russian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Russia Leonid Fedorov in which he reports about the state of aff airs in the Catholic community after the advent of Soviet authorities as well as about the measures being taken by the government towards the gradual limitation and then the actual elimination of the Greek-Catholic Church of the Byzantine Rite in the territory of Russia. …”
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Church-Administrative Connotation of the Term “Exarch of a Diocese” in the Ninth and Seventeenth Canons of the Council of Chalcedon and the Issue of Jurisdiction in Cases against a... by Mikhail Viacheslavovich Gratsianskiy

“…Another objective of this paper is to clarify the term “diocese” as applied to the church-administrative sphere. Further, the author makes an attempt to trace the reception of these Chalcedonian canons in the Byzantine church legislation. …”
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Preliminary Anthropological Research on the Medieval Population of the Iasi City (Necropolis of the ”Sf. Nicolae” Church – Ciurchi Street, the 16th – 18th Centuries) by Vasilica-Monica Groza, Georgeta Miu, Angela Simalcsik

“…The osteological material discovered in the medieval necropolis (16th – 18th centuries) of the “Sf. Nicolae Church” situated in Ciurchi Street in Iaşi consists of over 500 human skeletons exhumed of about 300 inhumation graves. …”
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Is the “New Course” of Religious Policy: a historical necessity or a “genius” mistake of the Soviet leadership? Modern trajectories of the historiography of Church-state relations... by Obozny K. P.

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Paulus as vredemaker. Oor die resepsie van die Brief aan Filemon in die vierde en vyfde eeu n.C. by D. Francois Tolmie

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The role of Vatican in disintegrating of Yugoslavia by Vuković Slobodan V.

“…During this period Catholic church headed by the Holy Chair approved mass introduction into Catholicism of Serbs and their mass killing that became real genocide in scope. …”
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The Catechetical School in Alexandria by Willem H. Oliver

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Methods of party and state organs in the closure of Russian orthodox churches in the Crimea in the period of 1948–1961 and attempts to counteract them by archbishop Luka (Voino-Yas... by Ioann Shimon

“…The article examines the policy of the Soviet government in relation to the Russian Orthodox Church in Crimea, traces the changes in the internal state of the Crimean diocese in the period from 1948 to 1961, analyzes the methods of party and state bodies to close the churches of the Russian Orthodox Church in Crimea and attempts to counter this by Archbishop Luka (V.F. …”
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Notes by G. G. Karpov on the trip of Patriarch Alexy I (Simansky) to the Middle East in May-June 1945 by A. L. Beglov

“…The publication introduces documents from the internal records of the Council for the Affairs of the Russian Orthodox Church related to the preparation and implementation of the visit of the delegation of the Russian Church headed by Patriarch Alexy I (Simansky) of Moscow and All Russia to the Middle East and Egypt in May-June 1945. …”
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Some "Jesuit" Pastoral Accents of Pope Francis by Ivica Musa

“…Bergoglio to the Chair of Peter, caused a great deal of attention considering the numerous special characteristics that he embodies: the first non-European pope after many centuries (the first ever from overseas), the first pope religious after more than a century and a half, and the first Jesuit as the head of the Church. With his diverse life experience and cultural heritage, Bergoglio brings new elements in the way of governing the Church, gives new emphases and points to new areas of evangelization of the Church. …”
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