Articles — The Revealer

From Antelias to Bzoummar

November 6, 2013

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

September 4, 2013

Irina Papkova reviews Geraldine Fagan's "Believing in Russia - Religious Policy After Communism"

April 22, 2013

From Beirut, Irina Papkova reports on an anti-sectarian movement for a more secular Lebanon, and a marriage that's...

March 28, 2013

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

February 11, 2013

In the second of two posts, Irina Papkova, explores Bashar al-Assads assertion that Syria is the "last stronghold of...

January 11, 2013

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