{"id":120650,"date":"2025-12-19T23:11:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T21:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fosfanariou.gr\/?p=120650"},"modified":"2025-12-19T23:11:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T21:11:15","slug":"from-silence-to-condemnation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fosfanariou.gr\/index.php\/2025\/12\/19\/from-silence-to-condemnation\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0391\u03c0\u03cc \u03c4\u03b7 \u03c3\u03b9\u03c9\u03c0\u03ae \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03b4\u03af\u03ba\u03b7 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b9\u03b4\u03b5\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03af\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 &#8220;\u03a1\u03c9\u03c3\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03cd \u03ba\u03cc\u03c3\u03bc\u03bf\u03c5&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#143f59\" class=\"has-inline-color\">From Silence to Condemnation\u00a0<\/mark><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">The Helsinki Statement of the European Churches on the Russian World Ideology<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/publicorthodoxy.org\/author\/paul-gavrilyuk\/\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#15563e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Dr. Paul Gavrilyuk<\/mark><\/strong><\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aquinas Chair in Theology and Philosophy at the University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Russian World (<em>Russkii mir<\/em>) doctrine has been extensively scrutinized and debated on Public Orthodoxy. As evidenced by public events and publications, a robust scholarly critique of this doctrine has not been lacking. A few influential church leaders have strongly criticized the Russian Orthodox Church\u2019s collusion with the state in justifying and promoting the war. However, a determined&nbsp;<em>collective<\/em>&nbsp;response of churches and church leaders\u2014both Orthodox and non-Orthodox\u2014to the Russian World doctrine has been missing so far.<a href=\"https:\/\/publicorthodoxy.org\/2025\/12\/15\/from-silence-to-condemnation\/#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Against this background, a recently released \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/ceceurope.org\/storage\/app\/media\/2025-news\/Helsinki%20Conference%20statement_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Statement on the Russian World Ideology<\/a>\u201d could be a game-changer. The Statement was produced by an ecumenical group of church leaders, officers, and scholars at a conference in Helsinki on December 1-3, 2025. The conference, \u201cResisting Empire, Promoting Peace: Churches Confront the \u2018Russian World\u2019 Ideology,\u201d &nbsp;was organized by an ecumenical team led by Katerina Pekridou, an Orthodox theologian who runs the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ceceurope.org\/what-we-do\/church-response-to-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pathways to Peace Initiative<\/a>&nbsp;of the Conference of European Churches (CEC). This ecumenical organization serves 114 member churches in Europe, including several local Orthodox Churches. The Pathways to Peace Initiative currently focuses on a response of the European churches to the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Helsinki Statement is intended as a concise and practical resource for churches across Europe. The Statement explains what the Russian World ideology is, why it is theologically problematic, and how the churches should act in the present circumstances. Addressing the first point, the document states: \u201cThe \u2018Russian World\u2019 ideology denies the national identity of Ukrainians and neighbouring nations, as well as their right to self-determination. Drawing on a dualistic worldview, it portrays the West\u2014with its emphasis on human rights, democracy, liberalism, gender equality and individual autonomy\u2014as an evil to be resisted by Russia in the so-called \u2018metaphysical battle\u2019, for the \u2018traditional values\u2019, which Russia is allegedly defending.\u201d The central tenets of the Russian World ideology are laid down in a manner that is direct and lapidary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Addressing the theologically problematic aspects of the Russian World ideology, the Helsinki Statement asserts: \u201cLet us be clear: The claim that a soldier\u2019s death in the line of duty automatically cleanses sins, framing it as a sacrificial act, is heretical, just as describing Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine as a \u2018holy war\u2019 and portraying Russia as a \u2018<em>katechon<\/em>&nbsp;state\u2019\u2014a force restraining global evil\u2014are heretical.\u201d The expression \u201c<em>katechon<\/em>&nbsp;state\u201d is an allusion to the \u201crestrainer (<em>katechon<\/em>) of the power of lawlessness\u201d mentioned in 2 Thessalonians 2:6-7. According to the Russian World doctrine, the role of this biblical \u201crestrainer\u201d belongs to the Russian state as personified by the Russian ruler.<a href=\"https:\/\/publicorthodoxy.org\/2025\/12\/15\/from-silence-to-condemnation\/#_ftn2\">[2]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The use of the term \u201cheresy\u201d for the Russian World ideology is highly unusual in an official ecumenical document. &nbsp;The drafters of the Helsinki Statement could have avoided the term \u201cheresy,\u201d but instead they deliberately chose to emphasize it. While some may contest the applicability of the term to the Russian World teaching for various reasons, none of &nbsp;these reasons is compelling.<a href=\"https:\/\/publicorthodoxy.org\/2025\/12\/15\/from-silence-to-condemnation\/#_ftn3\">[3]<\/a>&nbsp;The Russian World teaching is a post-modern hybrid: a state policy, an ideology of expansionism, a form of cultural chauvinism, a false prophecy, and a heresy all-in-one. The Helsinki Statement\u2019s bold language is refreshing, especially in application to a teaching held by the leadership of the most numerous local Orthodox Church, which is used to treating the teachings of other Christian groups as heretical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Helsinki Statement goes on to point out, without mincing words, that \u201cthe \u2018Russian World\u2019 ideology preaches hatred and war instead of the love of Christ and peace.\u201d At the heart of it, is the displacement of the triune God and Christ with the \u201ctriune nation\u201d and \u201ctraditional values.\u201d The Statement subsequently calls the churches to put Christ into the center, which is explained in terms of participation in the Lord\u2019s threefold ministry of prophet, priest, and king.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The final section of the Helsinki Statement features concrete recommendations for churches and individual Christians. The first recommendation is to \u201cstrengthen Ukrainian resistance to the Russian world ideology and its devastating consequences.\u201d The consequences for Ukraine have indeed been deadly.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ria.ru\/20230314\/putin-1857824663.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According to Vladimir Putin<\/a>, during its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia \u201crelied on those who considered themselves a part of the large Russian World, those who considered themselves a part of our culture, our linguistic milieu, considered themselves a part of our common traditions.\u201d However one interprets this ominous remark, it is clear that the resistance to the Russian World ideology is crucial for Ukraine\u2019s very survival as a sovereign nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other recommendations include a) challenging the misuse of faith by the Orthodox and other churches in Russia; b) offering hospitality to refugees and those displaced by war; c) encouraging the collection and preservation of testimonies of survivors; d) interceding for Ukrainian children illegally deported to Russia. It should be noted that the Ukrainian children who become victims of illegal deportation to Russia typically lose their Ukrainian identity through \u201cre-education\u201d and are in many cases subjected to militarization. In other words, these children are trained to fight in Russia\u2019s present and future wars, including the ongoing war against their own country of birth, Ukraine. According to the Geneva Convention, such identity erasure constitutes a crime against humanity and is a form of genocide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Russian state is waging a long-term war, which may perhaps last longer than WWII. Given the inconsistent and fickle nature of the US government\u2019s policy regarding the war in Ukraine, it is important to be clear-sighted about the Russian state\u2019s aims in Ukraine. The ultimate aim of the Russian state is to destroy Ukraine\u2019s statehood by all means at its disposal, whether material, such as shells and drones, or ideological, such as the de-humanization of Ukrainians and the erasure of their national identity. The Russian World doctrine is the Russian state\u2019s major ideological weapon, manufactured in the bosom of the Russian Orthodox Church. The main value of the Helsinki Statement is in articulating the dangers of this weapon clearly and accessibly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the Russian Orthodox Church exited CEC in 2008, it cannot muffle the voice of the Ukrainian church leaders within the organization, as it does elsewhere. On the contrary, the voice of Ukrainian churches, and, what is more important, the voice of the victims of this horrific war, sounds loud and clear. For this reason, the Helsinki Statement is a landmark ecumenical achievement. Remarkably, under the influence of the Helsinki Statement, Jerry Pillay, the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oikoumene.org\/resources\/documents\/praying-for-peace-in-ukraine-wcc-statement-on-the-status-of-the-ongoing-negotiations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">issued a statement<\/a>&nbsp;that for the first time in WCC\u2019s history identified the Russian World ideology by name and stated that it \u201crepresents a great obstacle to a just and sustainable peace.\u201d Would the church leaders in Europe and worldwide have ears to hear?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/publicorthodoxy.org\/2025\/12\/15\/from-silence-to-condemnation\/#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a>&nbsp;The first significant collective response was \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/publicorthodoxy.org\/2022\/03\/13\/a-declaration-on-the-russian-world-russkii-mir-teaching\/\">A Declaration on the Russian World (<em>Russkii mir<\/em>) Teaching<\/a>,\u201d which included over 1,200 signatories; the second collective response was by the Bishop\u2019s Synod of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and was based, in part, on the Declaration. See&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pomisna.info\/uk\/vsi-novyny\/lyst-shhodo-prytyagnennya-rosijskogo-patriarha-kyryla-do-kanonichnoyi-vidpovidalnosti-i-pozbavlennya-jogo-patriarshogo-prestolu\/?fbclid=IwAR3Q-EglA-PjUanp1A3Cb78Kp_bEsJjB8wLYNVMHUe0rl6GGQlqWVlj3UJE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Metropolitan Epiphany\u2019s Letter to Patriarch Bartholomew, July 27, 2022<\/a>. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/publicorthodoxy.org\/2025\/12\/15\/from-silence-to-condemnation\/#_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a>&nbsp;This point was considered important enough to be included in a policy document \u201cThe Present and Future of the Russian World,\u201d ratified by the World Russian People\u2019s Council in March 2024. For further discussion, see my Public Orthodoxy article \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/publicorthodoxy.org\/2024\/04\/08\/when-theology-fuels-the-war\/\">When Theology Fuels the War<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/publicorthodoxy.org\/2025\/12\/15\/from-silence-to-condemnation\/#_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a>&nbsp;For the consideration of the relevant arguments, see my \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/126075402\/WHEN_THE_PATRIARCH_OF_MOSCOW_BLESSES_A_WAR_THE_RUSSIAN_WORLD_AND_THE_SACRALIZATION_OF_VIOLENCE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">When the Patriarch of Moscow Blesses a War: The Russian World and the Sacralization of Violence,<\/a>\u201d&nbsp;<em>Modern Theology<\/em>&nbsp;41:3 (July 2025), 406-421.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/publicorthodoxy.org\/2025\/12\/15\/from-silence-to-condemnation\/\">Public Orthodoxy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Silence to Condemnation\u00a0 The Helsinki Statement of the European Churches on the Russian World Ideology Dr. Paul Gavrilyuk Aquinas Chair in Theology and Philosophy at the University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN) Since Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Russian World (Russkii mir) doctrine has been extensively scrutinized and debated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":120651,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[56,67,68],"class_list":["post-120650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized","tag-diaxristianika","tag-ekklhsia-rosias","tag-eutheos"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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