By Irina Papkova. During protests in Ukraine, a show of solidarity belied the divided nature of the country’s...

Irina Papkova takes us on a tour of the religious centers that lie at the heart of Lebanon's Armenian...

The Russian Orthodox Church is a privileged institution very much at the forefront of Russian life, with a well-developed...

Secularism has been a central part of dominant Syrian ideology since at least the 1960s, writes Irina Papkova, but...

From Beirut, Irina Papkova describes in the second of two posts how former political opponents are maintaining Lebanon's fragile...

"The relationship between Lebanon and Syria is intricate and complicated, and the chaos in Syria presents serious challenges for...