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« Les agendas nationaux et les courants conservateurs à l’intérieur de chaque Église pèsent plus que jamais sur les discussions, résume le P. Nicolas Kazarian, professeur à l’Institut Saint-Serge et chercheur associé à l’Iris. Mais quitte à en rabattre sur ses résultats, le patriarche œcuménique Bartholomeos fera tout pour que ce concile ait lieu afin d’envoyer au monde le signal d’une nouvelle ère pour l’orthodoxie. »
L’Église orthodoxe est une réalité géopolitique complexe qui ne constitue pas un bloc parfaitement homogène. Bien au contraire, la montée en puissance des irrédentismes tout au long du 19e siècle a créé les conditions d’une fragmentation territoriale qui s’est prolongée tout au long du 20e siècle. Une série d’événements historiques ont donc contribué au rétrécissement territorial des communautés orthodoxes, conduisant ses populations locales à chercher refuge en Occident et redessinant en conséquence la carte de l’orthodoxie mondiale…
(Observatoire géopolitique du religieux, IRIS, janvier 2016)
The Ecumenical Patriarchate hosted a meeting of thirty scholars on January 4-5, 2016. The purpose of the encounter was to establish connections with theologians and academics working in various disciplines and ministries throughout the world in order to become better acquainted with their interests and aspirations for the church, especially in light of the Holy and Great Council.
“Le blasphème est par principe un crime sans victime” , Observatoire géopolitique du religieux, IRIS, janvier 2016.
The Orthodox Church is a complex geopolitical reality, and does not constitute a homogenous block. On the contrary, the rise of irredentism during the 19th century has created the basis for constant fragmentation throughout the 20th century. A series of historical events have reduced the territory of Orthodox communities, leading local populations to leave for the West, redefining the map of Orthodoxy. The events in question include the Russian Revolution (1917), the exchange of populations between Greece and Turkey (1923), the Ustashe massacres (1942-1944), the rise of Communism in the Balkans (1945), the beginning of the modern conflicts in the Middle East (1948), the invasion and division of Cyprus (1974), the Lebanese Civil War (1975), the Balkan conflicts (1991-2000), the collapse of the Soviet Union (1991), the invasion of Iraq (2003), the independence of Kosovo (2008), the Russo-Georgian War (2008), the Arab Spring (2010) as well as the Syrian crisis (2011), and more recently the conflict in Ukraine (2013).
“Anti-ISIL Coalition Creation Questionable After Su-24 Jet Downed in Syria”, Sputnik, 11/15
The downing of a Russian Su-24 jet by Turkey puts into question the planned creation of an anti-Islamic State alliance with participation of both countries, experts told Sputnik Wednesday…
Lecture, “Les enjeux du concile pan-orthodoxe et les mutations géopolitiques contemporaines” (The challenges of the Pan-Orthodox Council and the contemporary geopolitical changes), INALO, Paris (France 11/15)
Conference, “Les Eglises Orthodoxes : actualité, diversité, unité”, Association chrétienne œcuménique de Normandie, Caen (France 11/15)
The religious third millennium foreseen by Malraux half a century ago seems to be well under way. Certain experts refer to a “return of religion” in the early 2000s, but in reality religion was never completely out of the picture. Religion has demonstrated a real vitality; it takes an apparently chaotic array of forms, often merging with cultural heritage and issues of identity. Religion is also shaped by the contingencies of an era marked by profound paradigm changes… Read more.
(Observatoire géopolitique du religieux, IRIS, November 2015)
Nicolas Kazarian, Ph.D. 