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September 29, 1977
Ecumenical Patriarchate Press Office
Introduction
The agenda for the forthcoming Great and
Holy Council of the Orthodox Church was formulated by the Pre-Synodal
Pan-Orthodox Conference, in Chambesy, Geneva, November 21-28, 1976. At
the recommendation of His Eminence Metropolitan Meliton, chairman of the
Conference, and at the invitation of His Eminence Archbishop Iakovos,
co-chairman of our Consultation, the Orthodox-Roman Catholic
Consultation in the USA discussed this agenda during its meeting in
Washington, D.C., September 28-29, 1977. The Consultation welcomed the
agenda as an important step toward the future Great and Holy Council of
the Orthodox Church. The following suggestions summarize various
observations on the agenda by members of the Consultation. We hope that
these suggestions may be of some value and of some service in the
preparation of the study documents to be used as the basis of the Great
Council's initial discussions.
