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Note: Dr. Elizabeth
Prodromou is a
political scientist
specializing in
the intersection of
religion, democracy,
and security.
She has worked
as an advisor for
international and
nongovernmental
organizations on religious
freedom. As
one of four women
who attended the
2016 Holy and Great
Council in Crete as
an expert consultant,
she agreed to speak
with Patricia Fann
Bouteneff about her
experience there
“Coworkers in the Service of the Church”
Interview with Elizabeth Prodromou
How did you come to be at the Holy
and Great Council? What was your
official role there?
I attended a meeting of scholars at the
Phanar [the seat of the Ecumenical
Patriarch] in January 2016. Our group
advocated passionately for the council
to take place—because there was
still some uncertainty about whether
it would happen—and we implored
His All-Holiness to do whatever possible
to make the council an inclusive
assembly, representing the fullness of
the ecclesial body. Next thing I knew,
I had been appointed as one of six
expert consultants on the delegation
of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. That
made me one of four women in total
who were at the council as official participants:
two with the delegation of
the Ecumenical Patriarchate, one with
the Church of Albania, and one with
the Patriarchate of Jerusalem.
