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The Serbian Church has changed its position about
participating in the Pan-Orthodox Council planned for the
second half of June on Crete.
“According to the latest information, the Serbian
Orthodox Church will be taking part in the work of the
Holy and Great Council,” reported the Greek
ecclesial news agency Romfea on Wednesday, with
reference to the announcement of Metropolitan Amfilohije
of Montenegro, representative of the Serbian Church, given
this morning on Crete.
Information concerning the participation of the Serbian
Church in the Crete forum was confirmed to an
Interfax-Religion correspondent by the Moscow
Patriarchate’s Department for External Church
Relations.
Last week the Serbian Patriarchate had joined the ranks of
the local Churches which considered it impossible to
participate in the Pan-Orthodox Council at the agreed-upon
time, June 18-27. In its announcement the Serbian Church
proposed to postpone the Council “for some
time” to rectify the disagreements of the Local
Churches, to reach a consensus and finalize the draft
documents.
This announcement of the Serbian Church was one of the
reasons the Moscow Patriarchate refused to send its
delegation to the Council. As Metropolitan Hilarion, head
of the DECR, stated on Monday following the results of the
extraordinary session of the Synod in Moscow, “Every
Church should participate in a Pan-Orthodox Council, and
only then will the decisions of the Council be
legitimate.”
15 / 06 / 2016
