Sergei Chapnin
Religious scholar, journalist, and curator engaged in critical analysis of the Russian Orthodox Church and Orthodox Christianity in the post-Soviet world. Director of Communications at the Orthodox Christian Studies Center, Fordham University. Chief Editor of The Gifts, an almanac of contemporary Christian culture.
Featured: Religious Communities Under Pressure
Documenting Religious Persecution in Russia 2022–2026
Published June 13, 2026. Foreword by Dr. Rowan Williams. An examination of the persecution of religious communities in Russia during and after the full-scale war against Ukraine, grounded in documentary evidence, interviews, and theological analysis.
Exhibitions
Curatorial projects on contemporary Christian art, icons, and the visual witness of faith in wartime and beyond.
Talks & Lectures
Public addresses, conference papers, and panel discussions on Church and state, religious freedom, and Orthodox witness.
Selected Writings
Essays, interviews, and analysis on church politics, iconography, memory, and Orthodox Christianity in crisis.
Photographs
Visual documentation of churches, people, and places—a personal archive of religious and cultural life.
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