Hajji Mama: Women and the Christian Pilgrimages of the Ottoman Empire
On the evening of International Women’s Day, an intrigued crowd gathered in the O’Hare Special…
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Preserving an Endangered Syriac Textual Heritage
Though Syriac Christianity is one of the oldest Christian cultures, many people in the West…
Constants of Constantine: Playing Politics with the East West Divide
A new book co-edited by Fordham faculty, Christianity, Democracy and the Shadow of Constantine (Fordham…
An Ancient Church in the New World
At the annual Orthodoxy in America Lecture held on Sept. 27, Vera Shevzov, Ph.D., gave…
Orthodox-Catholic Conference To Focus on Fundamentalism
It started a year and a half ago with a blog post. Writing on a…
A Call to Arms for Vanishing Religious Minorities
Religious minorities are disappearing from the Middle East at an unprecedented clip. Yet western powers…
Faith Communities Should Support, Not Penalize, Couples Who Divorce, Interfaith Panel Says
Divorce is contentious in many religious traditions, yet it is incumbent on faith communities to…
Dostoevsky’s Sharp Criticisms of Catholicism Examined in Orthodox Christian Studies Lecture
Fyodor Dostoevsky, author of Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov, is well known for…
Faculty Reads: Bridging the Two Sides of Pope Gregory the Great
Most Christian scholars agree that the pope known as Gregory the Great earned his appellation.…
Fordham Installs First Meyendorff/Patterson Chair of Orthodox Christian Studies
Fordham University’s Orthodox Christian Studies Center—the first university-based center for Orthodox Christian Studies in the…