Sergei Chapnin — new writings, talks and recordings https://chapnin.org/ New publications, talks, recordings and data updates by Sergei Chapnin on the Russian Orthodox Church, church and state, and religious persecution in Russia. Items appear in the language of the original. Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://chapnin.org/images/icon-512.png Sergei Chapnin — new writings, talks and recordings https://chapnin.org/ Юбилей патриарха Кирилла: кто приедет в Москву https://ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/09/yubilei-patriarha-kirilla-kto-priedet-v-moskvu-a208235 https://ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/09/yubilei-patriarha-kirilla-kto-priedet-v-moskvu-a208235 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Essay Sergei Chapnin ru Also in: English · Ελληνικά · Українська]]> Updated: Religious Persecution in Russia: Key Figures, 2022–2026 https://chapnin.org/religious-persecution-russia/ https://chapnin.org/religious-persecution-russia/#2026-10-07 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Data Sergei Chapnin en Talk: Faith Under Pressure: Religious Communities in Russia After 2022 https://chapnin.org/talks/ https://chapnin.org/talks/#2026-09-18-faith-under-pressure-religious-communiti Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Talk Sergei Chapnin Book Talk: Religious Communities Under Pressure https://chapnin.org/talks/ https://chapnin.org/talks/#2026-09-15-book-talk-religious-communities-under-pr Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Book Talk Sergei Chapnin A False Defender: How Russia Weaponized ‘Traditional Values’ https://sobornost.substack.com/p/a-false-defender https://sobornost.substack.com/p/a-false-defender Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Essay Sergei Chapnin en Also in: Italiano]]> Remarks: Russia as a False Defender of Traditional Values https://sobornost.substack.com/p/a-false-defender https://chapnin.org/talks/#2026-09-09-russia-as-a-false-defender-of-traditiona Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Remarks Sergei Chapnin Faith Under Pressure: Religious Repression and the Myth of 'Traditional Values' in Putin's Russia https://thinktank.4freerussia.org/civil-society/faith-under-pressure/ https://thinktank.4freerussia.org/civil-society/faith-under-pressure/ Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Policy Paper Sergei Chapnin en Kirill’s Heresy Has Reached the Wall Street Journal: George Weigel calls it blasphemy. My book called it a pattern. Both readings point to the same dead end. https://sobornost.substack.com/p/kirills-heresy-has-reached-the-wall https://sobornost.substack.com/p/kirills-heresy-has-reached-the-wall Sat, 08 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Essay Sergei Chapnin en Hilarion, Who Never Was: A note on the myth of the great churchman-in-waiting, and the solitude that made it impossible from the start https://sobornost.substack.com/p/hilarion-who-never-was https://sobornost.substack.com/p/hilarion-who-never-was Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Essay Sergei Chapnin en Lecture: Documenting Religious Persecution in Russia, 2022–2026 https://chapnin.org/talks/ https://chapnin.org/talks/#2026-07-01-documenting-religious-persecution-in-rus Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Lecture Sergei Chapnin Памяти друга. Священник Валерий Степанов (1971–2026) https://sobornost.substack.com/p/1971-2026 https://sobornost.substack.com/p/1971-2026 Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Essay Sergei Chapnin ru Panel: America's Adversaries: The Russia Reality https://chapnin.org/talks/ https://chapnin.org/talks/#2026-06-10-america-s-adversaries-the-russia-reality Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Panel Sergei Chapnin Lecture: Christian Peacemaking and the Work of Solidarity in Eurasia https://chapnin.org/talks/ https://chapnin.org/talks/#2026-05-14-christian-peacemaking-and-the-work-of-so Thu, 14 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Lecture Sergei Chapnin Canonization and the 'Act of Betrayal': Fr. Seraphim Rose and the ROCOR Synod https://publicorthodoxy.org/2026/05/11/canonization-and-the-act-of-betrayal/ https://publicorthodoxy.org/2026/05/11/canonization-and-the-act-of-betrayal/ Mon, 11 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Essay Sergei Chapnin en Also in: Русский · Українська]]> What Are We Canonizing? On the ROCOR Synod's Decision to Open the Path to Father Seraphim Rose's Glorification https://wheeljournal.com/what-are-we-canonizing-on-the-rocor-synods-decision-to-open-the-path-to-father-seraphim-roses-glorification/ https://wheeljournal.com/what-are-we-canonizing-on-the-rocor-synods-decision-to-open-the-path-to-father-seraphim-roses-glorification/ Thu, 07 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Essay Sergei Chapnin en Also in: Srpski]]> Lecture: Icons on Ammo Boxes: Exhibition Opening Lecture https://chapnin.org/talks/ https://chapnin.org/talks/#2026-03-31-icons-on-ammo-boxes-exhibition-opening-l Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Lecture Sergei Chapnin Lecture: The Russian World (Russkiy Mir): Complex Trajectories and Contested Meanings https://chapnin.org/talks/ https://chapnin.org/talks/#2026-03-27-the-russian-world-russkiy-mir-complex-tr Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Lecture Sergei Chapnin Патриарх Кирилл о «царском троне», монархические мотивы и миссия РПЦ в Африке https://chapnin.org/ru/media/ https://chapnin.org/ru/media/#f7LwDzD4mT0 Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Video Sergei Chapnin ru YouTube]]> Богословие войны, наказания антивоенного духовенства и союз патриарха Кирилла с Путиным https://chapnin.org/ru/media/ https://chapnin.org/ru/media/#japFR-xskzs Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Video Sergei Chapnin ru YouTube]]> The Church Has Fallen: Chapnin Declares Moscow Patriarchate “No Longer Christian” https://bitterwinter.org/the-church-has-fallen-chapnin-declares-moscow-patriarchate-no-longer-christian/ https://bitterwinter.org/the-church-has-fallen-chapnin-declares-moscow-patriarchate-no-longer-christian/ Thu, 05 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Interview Sergei Chapnin en Also in: Español]]> Side Event: The Kremlin's Use of the Russian Orthodox Church in the War Against Ukraine https://chapnin.org/talks/ https://chapnin.org/talks/#2026-02-04-the-kremlin-s-use-of-the-russian-orthodo Wed, 04 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Side Event Sergei Chapnin Заявление СВР о патриархе Варфоломее, Московский патриархат в Балтии и дело учеников митрополита Тихона https://chapnin.org/ru/media/ https://chapnin.org/ru/media/#oU_NmVJIBZg Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Video Sergei Chapnin ru YouTube]]> One Year in Putin’s Dungeon: The Anniversary of a Fabricated Terror Case https://publicorthodoxy.org/2026/01/13/one-year-in-putins-dungeon/ https://publicorthodoxy.org/2026/01/13/one-year-in-putins-dungeon/ Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Essay Sergei Chapnin en Also in: Русский · Български · Ελληνικά · Українська]]> Mercy “in a Bubble”: Patriarch Kirill and the Prisoners He Refuses to See https://publicorthodoxy.org/2025/12/22/mercyin-a-bubble/ https://publicorthodoxy.org/2025/12/22/mercyin-a-bubble/ Mon, 22 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Essay Sergei Chapnin en Also in: Русский · Ελληνικά · Українська]]> Webinar: Religion and Foreign Policy: The Russian Orthodox Church in Global Affairs https://chapnin.org/talks/ https://chapnin.org/talks/#2025-12-16-religion-and-foreign-policy-the-russian- Tue, 16 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Webinar Sergei Chapnin Panel: The (Un)holy Alliance: Vladimir Putin and Patriarch Kirill Between War in Ukraine and Religious Oppression https://chapnin.org/talks/ https://chapnin.org/talks/#2025-12-04-the-un-holy-alliance-vladimir-putin-and- Thu, 04 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Panel Sergei Chapnin Возвращение в Никею: католики и православные объединились — пока ненадолго https://ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/02/vozvraschenie-v-nikeyu-katoliki-i-pravoslavnie-a181537 https://ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/02/vozvraschenie-v-nikeyu-katoliki-i-pravoslavnie-a181537 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Essay Sergei Chapnin ru Lecture: Reinterpreting Martyrdom: The Russian Orthodox Church, Memory, and the Justification of Violence https://chapnin.org/talks/ https://chapnin.org/talks/#2025-11-20-reinterpreting-martyrdom-the-russian-ort Thu, 20 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Lecture Sergei Chapnin «Церковь придется переучредить и провести люстрацию» https://forall.swiss/sergej-chapnin-cerkov-pridetsja-pereuchredit-i-provesti-ljustraciju/ https://forall.swiss/sergej-chapnin-cerkov-pridetsja-pereuchredit-i-provesti-ljustraciju/ Mon, 17 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Interview Sergei Chapnin ru Punishment After Compassion https://publicorthodoxy.org/2025/10/31/punishment-after-compassion/ https://publicorthodoxy.org/2025/10/31/punishment-after-compassion/ Fri, 31 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Essay Sergei Chapnin en Also in: Русский · Українська]]>