Karadzic, Bosnia, and the post-UDI world

Now that former Republika Srpska President Dr. Radovan Karadžić has been arrested and transferred to The Hague, media coverage of Bosnia and Herzegovina has resurfaced and, as always, the Serbs have been blamed for Bosnia’s current troubles.
For example, this appeared in the recent issue of The Economist:
This is not quite the end of the Balkan [...]

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Ukraine’s Political Drama

Despite the attempt by Ukrainian President Victor Yuschenko to sabotage the celebrations of the 1020th anniversary of the Baptism of Russia for political expediency, on the whole the event seemed to have been a success.
To his credit, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew did not take the bait laid down by the Ukrainian political establishment. Other than a [...]

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Kostunica: Serbia has no independent policy

The arrest of former Republika Srpska president Dr. Radovan Karadžić has sparked the usual anti-Serb bigotry in the Western media, with some going so far as to call Dr. Karadžić the “Serbian Usama bin Laden”.
Then there is the irony of the timing of the arrest — shortly after the forming of the new Serbian government, [...]

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Bartholomew, Yuschenko rewrite history

The celebration of the 1020th anniversary of the baptism of Russia was first put forth by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. I’m sure that UOC hierarchs are now regretting it — Ukrainian president Victor Yuschenko has effectively turned this religious celebration into a political event.
Start with the invitation of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to officiate at the [...]

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Russia’s First Service to St John of San Francisco

On July 2 (June 19 o.s.), the day of the repose of St John, Wonderworker of Shanghai and San Francisco, the first ever service to St John took place at Moscow’s Stauropeghial Monastery of the Meeting of the Vladimir Icon (Sretensky Monastery). Archimandrite Tikhon, the monastery’s superior, presided over the All-night Vigil and the Divine [...]

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Hierarchical Vigil at the Meeting of the Vladimir Icon Monastery

According to Pravoslavie.ru, Metropolitan Hilarion celebrated the All-night Vigil for the feast of All Saints of Russia on June 28 at Moscow’s Stauropeghial Monastery of the Meeting of the Vladimir Icon (Sretensky Monastery). Vladyka was joined by His Eminence Metropolitan Onuphrius of Chernovtsy and Bukovina; His Eminence Archbishop Mark of Berlin, Germany, and Great Britain; [...]

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