League of Churches: on one unimplemented project of the Patriarchate of Constantinople
This paper is devoted to the League of Churches, a unique integration project of the Constantinople Patriarchate which had been actively developed since 1919. The League of Churches is an organisation modelled on the League of Nations. In the early 1920s it was incorporated into the context of the a...
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| description | This paper is devoted to the League of Churches, a unique integration project of the Constantinople Patriarchate which had been actively developed since 1919. The League of Churches is an organisation modelled on the League of Nations. In the early 1920s it was incorporated into the context of the actively developing idea of Constantinople as the “pivot of the world’s Orthodoxy” and was also a result of the post-war pacifi sm. In Russian historiography, scholars who encounter the phenomenon of the League of Churches usually confi ne themselves to only one document, i.e. the Encyclical of the Patriarch of Constantinople dated January 1920. The aim of this article is to introduce new sources on this topic and to attract scholarly attention to it. It draws on the analysis of foreign materials that were little used by Russian scholars before and examines the League of Churches in two perspectives, namely as a supranational ecclesiopolitical organisation supposed to provide a spiritual foundation for the implementation of the Greek “Great Idea” in Asia Minor, and, secondly, as a purely ecclesiastical project of an international organisation for establishing a dialogue between Christian denominations. The conclusion of the article is that the League of Churches came to be most viable just as an ecumenical project, in the fi rst hand designed to forge links of the Constantinople Patriarchate with international community, with the help of which Phanar was planning to survive in conditions of strong pressure from the authorities of Republican Turkey on the Orthodox church. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e2089d3b18d14f158d4b5bf5a96f131a2025-08-20T03:24:52ZrusSt. Tikhon's Orthodox UniversityВестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия ИИ. История, история Русской Православной Церкви1991-64342409-48112019-12-0187875171http://dx.doi.org/10.15382/sturII201987.51-717League of Churches: on one unimplemented project of the Patriarchate of ConstantinopleAnastasiya Chibisova0Lomonosov Moscow State University; 27/4 Lomonosovskii Prospect, Moscow 119192, Russian FederationThis paper is devoted to the League of Churches, a unique integration project of the Constantinople Patriarchate which had been actively developed since 1919. The League of Churches is an organisation modelled on the League of Nations. In the early 1920s it was incorporated into the context of the actively developing idea of Constantinople as the “pivot of the world’s Orthodoxy” and was also a result of the post-war pacifi sm. In Russian historiography, scholars who encounter the phenomenon of the League of Churches usually confi ne themselves to only one document, i.e. the Encyclical of the Patriarch of Constantinople dated January 1920. The aim of this article is to introduce new sources on this topic and to attract scholarly attention to it. It draws on the analysis of foreign materials that were little used by Russian scholars before and examines the League of Churches in two perspectives, namely as a supranational ecclesiopolitical organisation supposed to provide a spiritual foundation for the implementation of the Greek “Great Idea” in Asia Minor, and, secondly, as a purely ecclesiastical project of an international organisation for establishing a dialogue between Christian denominations. The conclusion of the article is that the League of Churches came to be most viable just as an ecumenical project, in the fi rst hand designed to forge links of the Constantinople Patriarchate with international community, with the help of which Phanar was planning to survive in conditions of strong pressure from the authorities of Republican Turkey on the Orthodox church.http://periodical.pstgu.ru/ru/pdf/article/6898Константинопольский патриархат Лига Церквей Лига Наций Фанар интеграция экуменизм «Великая идея» Парижская мирная конференция Окружное послание 1920 года кинония «Вера и Церковное устройство» «Жизнь и деятельность» Епископальная Церковь США |
| spellingShingle | Anastasiya Chibisova League of Churches: on one unimplemented project of the Patriarchate of Constantinople Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия ИИ. История, история Русской Православной Церкви Константинопольский патриархат Лига Церквей Лига Наций Фанар интеграция экуменизм «Великая идея» Парижская мирная конференция Окружное послание 1920 года кинония «Вера и Церковное устройство» «Жизнь и деятельность» Епископальная Церковь США |
| title | League of Churches: on one unimplemented project of the Patriarchate of Constantinople |
| title_full | League of Churches: on one unimplemented project of the Patriarchate of Constantinople |
| title_fullStr | League of Churches: on one unimplemented project of the Patriarchate of Constantinople |
| title_full_unstemmed | League of Churches: on one unimplemented project of the Patriarchate of Constantinople |
| title_short | League of Churches: on one unimplemented project of the Patriarchate of Constantinople |
| title_sort | league of churches on one unimplemented project of the patriarchate of constantinople |
| topic | Константинопольский патриархат Лига Церквей Лига Наций Фанар интеграция экуменизм «Великая идея» Парижская мирная конференция Окружное послание 1920 года кинония «Вера и Церковное устройство» «Жизнь и деятельность» Епископальная Церковь США |
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