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Twentieth Century: 1900 – 1925
American Archdiocese In 1898, Bishop Tikhon Belavin became the head of the diocese of the Aleutian Islands and Alaska of the Russian…
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Nineteenth Century
Russia: Spiritual Renewal The seeds of spiritual renewal, planted in the previous century, blossomed in Russia. The Church continued to live under…
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Eighteenth Century
In the course of seventy-three years in the eighteenth century, the patriarchial throne of Constantinople changed occupants forty-eight times. Some men held the…
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Seventeenth Century
Russia: Time of Troubles In the seventeenth century Russia entered the “time of troubles.” Boris Godonov, who ruled from 1598, died in…
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Sixteenth Century
Russia during the Reign of Ivan the Terrible In Russia, in the sixteenth century, the “third Rome” theory became apolitical reality. The…
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Fifteenth Century
The Papacy The West in the fifteenth century was in turmoil over, the relationship between the papacy and church councils. Some held…
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Fourteenth Century
Gregory Palamas The fourteenth century was the time of the Palamite controversy in the Eastern Church. Gregory Palamas (d.1359) was a monk…
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Thirteenth Century
The Fourth Crusade The thirteenth century began with what has been considered the final confirmation of the schism between East and West,…
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Twelfth Century
Major Trends The twelfth century saw the continual struggle of the Comneni imperial dynasty in Constantinople with the crusading Latins from the…
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Eleventh Century
The Great Schism In 1009 Pope Sergius of Rome wrote a confession of faith which included the filioque in the creed. At…