ΒΑΡΘΟΛΟΜΑΙΟΣ: ΔΕΝ ΤΙΘΕΤΑΙ ΘΕΜΑ ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΙΑΣ ΤΩΝ «ΝΕΩΝ ΧΩΡΩΝ»

 Νίκου Παπαχρήστου, ΑΜΕΝ

Το ζήτημα του «Αυτονόμου» συζητούν οι Προκαθήμενοι και οι Ιεράρχες που συμμετέχουν στην Αγία και Μεγάλη Σύνοδο της Ορθοδόξου Εκκλησίας.

"ΒΟΜΒΕΣ ΔΙΑΣΠΟΡΑΣ''

Αρχιμανδρίτου Σεραφείμ Αργυρίου, ΑΜΕΝ

Στα σύγχρονα μέσα πολέμου που χρησιμοποιήθηκαν, χωρίς απαγόρευση έως το καλοκαίρι του 2010, με όφελος των επιτιθεμένων και εκ των μεταπολεμικών απωλειών εντάσσονται οι βόμβες διασποράς.

L' ASSENZA DI MOSCA? NON E DECISIVA» L'INTERVISTA ALL'ARCHIMANDRITA EVANGELOS YFANTIDIS, VICARIO GENERALE DELL’ARCIDIOCESI ORTODOSSA DI ITALIA E MALTA

Αvvenire 

L’archimandrita Evangelos Yfantidis, vicario generale dell’arcidiocesi ortodossa di Italia e Malta, guarda con speranza all’evento di Creta e non nasconde il disappunto quando gli ricordiamo quelle “debolezze” del Concilio o Sinodo (sulla corretta definizione ci sono diverse scuole di pensiero) in corso, che secondo diversi osservatori ne ridimensionano di molto la portata.

THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE MOSCOW PATRIARCHATE RESEMBLES THE CPSU OF SOVIET TIMES

Edited by: A. N., 2016/01/22, Εuromaidan Press

Three important articles this week in the Moscow media suggest that the Russian Orthodox Church under Moscow Patriarch Kirill is ever less a religious organization and ever more one that recalls and is best understood by drawing analogies with the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

TOWARDS RECONCILIATION (AND ALSO SCHISM) WITHIN THE ORTHODOX CHURCH

Antoine Arjakovsky, arjakovsky.blogspot.gr

The Council of the Orthodox Church which opened on June 17^th, 2016, at the Orthodox Academy of Chania, in Crete, was supposed to resolve the discords which have been paralyzing this Church for at least a century.

CONCILIO PANORTODOSSO, MISSIONE E DIASPORA TRA I TEMI CENTRALI

 Radio Vaticana

Prosegue il “santo e grande Concilio” delle Chiese ortodosse, riunite a Chania nell’isola di Creta, da domenica scorsa. I lavori sono cominciati lunedì. A presiederlo è il Patriarca ecumenico, Bartolomeo I.

Η ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΗ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΠΑΛΙ ΣΤΟ ΥΠΕΡΩΟ ΤΗΣ ΠΕΝΤΗΚΟΣΤΗΣ!

  Μητροπολίτης Χονγκ Κονγκ και Νοτιοανατολικής Ασίας κ. Νεκτάριος, anastasiosds.blogspot.gr

Πριν από την ανάληψή του ο Κύριός μας έδωσε εντολή στους μαθητές του να περιμένουν όλοι μαζί στα Ιεροσόλυμα την έλευση του Παναγίου Πνεύματος.

ORTHODOX COUNCIL APPROVES FIRST EVER JOINT DOCUMENT ON MISSION

  Jonathan Luxmoore  |  Jun. 21, 2016, National Catholic Reporter

Orthodox leaders, meeting in Crete, have adopted a declaration on Orthodoxy's mission in the modern world, despite tensions caused by the withdrawal of several churches from the historic gathering.

ORTHODOX COUNCIL OPENS WITH CALL FOR UNITY

Jonathan Luxmoore  |  Jun. 20, 2016, National Catholic Reporter

A historic gathering of Orthodox leaders has opened in Crete with a pledge by its convenor to "bring truth, genuineness and hope" to the world, despite recent inter-church tensions and disputes.

ΜΕΓΑΛΗ ΣΥΝΟΔΟΣ: ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΣΤΟ ΣΥΓΧΡΟΝΟ ΚΟΣΜΟ ΚΑΙ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΗ ΔΙΑΣΠΟΡΑ

  Θεόδωρος Καλμούκοας, φώτο Χρήστος Μπόνης, Εθνικός Κήρυκας

ΒΟΣΤΩΝΗ. Συνεχίστηκαν κανονικά οι εργασίες της Μεγάλης Συνόδου της Ορθόδοξης Εκκλησίας στην Κρήτη στην οποία προεδρεύει ο Οικουμενικός Πατριάρχης κ. Βαρθολομαίος και συμμετέχουν δέκα από τις δέκα τέσσερις Ορθόδοξες Εκκλησίες ανά την οικουμένη. Απουσιάζουν, ως γνωστόν, οι Εκκλησίες Αντιοχείας, Βουλγαρίας, Μόσχας και Γεωργίας.

FR. ANDREW PHILLIPS: THE PROBLEMS OF THE ‘PAN-ORTHODOX COUNCIL’

 katehon.com

Interview with Fr. Andrew Phillips, the priest of St John’s Orthodox church in Colchester, Essex, UK (ROCOR)

Η ΣΥΜΜΕΤΟΧΗ ΟΛΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΩΝ ΣΤΗ ΜΕΓΑΛΗ ΣΥΝΟΔΟ ΣΤΗΝ ΚΡΗΤΗ ΕΙΝΑΙ Ο ΔΡΟΜΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΙΑΣ!

Του Γιάννη Παναγιωτόπουλου*, Pronews.gr

Τον Νοέμβριο του 1989 μια μέρα μετά την κατάρρευση του τείχους του Βερολίνου, κατέρρεε στη Βουλγαρία το Κουμουνιστικό Καθεστώς, ανοίγοντας μια νέα σελίδα στην ιστορία της Βαλκανικής χώρας. Οι πληγές από εκείνη την περίοδο δεν έκλεισαν και μένουν ακόμη ανοιχτές σε διάφορες πτυχές της κοινωνικής και πολιτικής ζωής της γείτωνος χώρας.

PRAY FOR THE PAN-ORTHODOX COUNCIL

V. Rev. Joseph F. Purpura, Linkedin.com

At this crucial moment in the history of our Holy Orthodox Church, the youth and youth workers of the North American continent ask everyone to fervently pray for the Pan-Orthodox Council beginning during the week of Pentecost that the Church as a whole, may discern that the work of the Council is of the Holy Spirit. 

GREAT AND HOLY CRUSTY ON THE GREAT AND HOLY COUNCIL,(WITH THE BRITISH HUMOUR)

  crustyoldean.blogspot.gr

Several years ago Crusty served on the International Anglican-Orthodox Dialogue (before he was removed by the Archbishop of Canterbury in 2010, not because of anything Crusty did, mind you).  

ADDRESS OF HIS BEATITUDE PATRIARCH OF SERBIA

-- REMARKS AS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY --, Holy and Great Council Press

"У име српског народа и Српске Православне Цркве, поздрављам овај благословени скуп који је време одавно очекивало. Богу хвала, испунило се време и стекле се прилике да се после толико времена, на овом Сабору,

ADDRESS FOR THE OPENING SESSION OF THE HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL BY HIS BEATITUDE ARCHBISHOP RASTISLAV OF CZECH LANDS AND SLOVAKIA

 Holy and Great Council Press

Παναγιώτατε, Μακαριώτατοι, Ἱερώτατοι, Σεβασμιώτατοι καί Φιλέστατοι ἐν Χριστῷ ἀδελφοί, ἐκπρόσωποι τῶν κατά τόπους Ὀρθοδόξων Ἐκκλησιῶν, ὅλοι οἱ Ἔντιμοι Παρόντες!

ΜΗΝΥΜΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΓΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΓΑΛΗΣ ΣΥΝΟΔΟΥ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΟΥΣ ΠΛΗΓΕΝΤΕΣ ΑΔΕΛΦΟΥΣ ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΛΑΙΛΑΠΑ ΤΗΣ ΠΥΡΚΑΓΙΑΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΚΥΠΡΟ

Από το Γραφείο Ενημερώσεως και Επικοινωνίας, Εκκλησία της Κύπρου

Την Τρίτη, 21 Ιουνίου 2016, κατά την έναρξη της πρωινής συνεδριάσεως αμέσως μετά την προσευχή, ο Πρόεδρος της Αγίας και Μεγάλης Συνόδου, Παναγιώτατος Οικουμενικός Πατριάρχης κ. Βαρθολομαίος εξέφρασε, εκ μέρους όλου του ιερού σώματος της Αγίας και Μεγάλης Συνόδου, τη ολόψυχη συμπάθεια προς τον Μακαριώτατο Αρχιεπίσκοπο Κύπρου κ. Χρυσόστομο και τον Πανιερώτατο Μητροπολιτη Μόρφου κ. Νεόφυτο, για τη δοκιμασία του λαού από την λαίλαπα της πυρκαγιάς στην Κύπρο.

SINODALII DISCUTA DESPRE DIASPORA ORTODOXA. DOCUMENTELE FINALE VOR FI ELIBERATE DE SECRETARIAT DUPA INTRODUCEREA MODIFICARILOR

 Publicat de Aurelian Iftimiu, basilica.ro

Începând cu orele 15.45, Centrul de Presă al Sfântului şi Marelui Sinod a susţinut un briefing de presă transmis în direct online, în deschiderea căruia Arhiepiscopul Iov de Telmissos, reprezentantul Secretariatului sinodal, a anunţat că astăzi părinţii sinodali analizează problema Diasporei Ortodoxe.

PHOTO OF OPENING SESSION OF THE HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL, JUNE 20, 2016

 

Holy and Great Council Press

The Primates of the Local Orthodox Churches and their delegations participate in the opening session of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church at the Orthodox Academy of Crete.

ΟΜΙΛΙΕΣ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΚΑΘΗΜΕΝΩΝ ΤΗΝ ΠΡΩΤΗ ΗΜΕΡΑ-HOMILIES ALL PRIMATES OF ORTHODOX CHURCHES FIRST DAY (VIDEOS)

HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL PRESS

“IL CONCILIO TORNI A ESSERE UN’ABITUDINE PER LE CHIESE ORTODOSSE”

 

Andrea Tornielli, La Stampa

 Intervista con l’arcidiacono John Chryssavgis, consulente teologico del Patriarca Bartolomeo e responsabile della comunicazione all’assise di Creta

ΟΜΙΛΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΑΡΧΙΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΥ ΑΘΗΝΩΝ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΓΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΓΑΛΗ ΣΥΝΟΔΟ

ΟΜΙΛΙΑ

ΤΟΥ ΜΑΚΑΡΙΩΤΑΤΟΥ ΑΡΧΙΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΥ ΑΘΗΝΩΝ & ΠΑΣΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ

κ. ΙΕΡΩΝΥΜΟΥ ΕΙΣ ΤΗΝ ΕΝΑΡΞΙΝ ΤΩΝ ΕΡΓΑΣΙΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΑΓΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ

ΜΕΓΑΛΗΣ ΣΥΝΟΔΟΥ ΤΗΣ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΟΥ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣ

(Κολυμπάρι Χανίων-Ορθόδοξος Ακαδημία Κρήτης, 18-26)

ΥΠΟΓΡΑΦΤΗΚΕ ΤΟ ΚΕΙΜΕΝΟ Η ΑΠΟΣTOΛΗ ΤΗΣ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣ ΣΤΟ ΣΥΧΡΟΝΟ ΚΟΣΜΟ

Αποστολή: Μάκης Αδαμόπουλος
Ecclesia.gr
Κατά την χθεσινοαπογευματινή Συνεδρίαση της Αγίας και Μεγάλης Συνόδου των Προκαθημένων συζητήθηκε το σχετικό κείμενο.

ON THE HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH

Dr. Tatuna is Georgian ambassador to the Vatican and former staff member of the World Council of Churches (WCC) version from fb

The Embassies of Georgia and Romania to the Holy See organized a meeting, hosted by Centro Pro Unione in Rome, on the documents of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church.

LUIGI SANDRI,CONCILIO ORTODOSSO: APERTO, MA MANCA LA CHIESA RUSSA

Luigi Sandri, Ιriforma

In discussione cinque questioni cruciali, tra cui la missione dell'ortodossia nel mondo

PRESS BRIEFING: TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2016 - HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL , VIDEO

The Holy and Great Council gathers in Crete June 19-26, 2016. For more information, visit www.holycouncil.org, the official site of the Holy and Great Council.

THERE WAS NO INTENTION OF BOYCOTTING THE COUNCIL ON CRETE

Press Secretary of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Fr. Alexander Volkov spoke in an interview with RIA-Novosti about the circumstances surrounding the preparations for the Council of the Orthodox Churches on Crete, and offered his evaluation of the situation that has grown up around the summit of Orthodox representatives.

METROPOLITAN TARASIOS ON THE ORTHODOX COUNCIL IN CRETE AND CATHOLIC-ORTHODOX RELATIONS

 By John Couretas, Acton Institute

On June 16, His Eminence Metropolitan Tarasios of Buenos Aires spoke at Acton University at DeVos Place in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His remarks touched on a wide range of subjects including the upcoming Orthodox Christian council in Crete, which begins on June 19, Catholic-Orthodox relations, and other topics. The American-born bishop serves in the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.

Η ΕΠΙΣΗΜΗ ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΗ ΤΟΥ ΠΑΠΑ ΦΡΑΓΚΙΣΚΟΥ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΠΡΟΣΕΥΧΗ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΑΓΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΓΑΛΗ ΣΥΝΟΔΟ

  Prayers for the Pan-Orthodox Council and solidarity with refugees, 20.06.2016

Holy See Press Office

Vatican City, 19 June 2016 – After praying the Angelus, the Pope recalled that yesterday in Foggia, Italy, Sr. Maria Celeste Crostarosa, founder of the Order of the Most Holy Redeemer, was beatified, and he asked for her help and intercession to conform our life to that of Jesus, our Saviour.

PAN-ORTHODOX COUNCIL OPENS IN CRETE

'The Orthodox Church is one, but reveals itself in the world through its individual local vines'

Compiled by Global Pulse staff

Pope Francis has sent his greetings to a historic gathering of Orthodox Churches that opened on the Greek island of Crete on Sunday.

Η ΟΜΙΛΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΟΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΙΑΣ ΘΕΟΔΩΡΟΥ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΓΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΓΑΛΗ ΣΥΝΟΔΟ

 ΑΜΕΝ

Aκολουθεί η ομιλία του Πάπα και του Πατριάρχη Αλεξανδρείας Θεόδωρου Β' κατά την έναρξη της Αγίας και Μεγάλης Συνόδου της Ορθοδόξου Εκκλησίας, η οποία βρίσκεται σε εξέλιξη στην Ορθόδοξη Ακαδημίας Κρήτης, στο Κολυμπάρι Χανίων:

ΣΤΡΟΓΓΥΛΗ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΣΤΗ ΜΟΣΧΑ ΜΕ ΘΕΜΑ «ΓΙΑΤΙ Η ΣΥΝΟΔΟΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΚΡΗΤΗ ΔΕΝ ΕΓΙΝΕ ΠΑΝΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΗ;»

 mospat.ru

Στη Μόσχα στις 17 Ιουνίου στο κέντρο Τύπου του διεθνούς πρακτορείου ειδήσεων «Russia Today» πραγματοποιήθηκε στρογγυλή τράπεζα με θέμα “Γιατί η Σύνοδος στην Κρήτη δεν έγινε Πανορθόδοξη;”

CHRISTOPHER STROOP COULD ORTHODOXY BE HAVING ITS VATICAN II MOMENT?

By Christopher Stroop June 20, 2016, Religion Dispatches

For the next week, hierarchs from most of the world’s individual Orthodox Christian Churches will convene for a Holy and Great Pan-Orthodox Council on the island of Crete, an event that many have been calling Orthodoxy’s Vatican II.

UNITA DALLA CONCILIARITA

Nella divina liturgia di Pentecoste il patriarca Bartolomeo ribadisce alcuni principi-chiave dell’ortodossia ·

20 giugno 2016, L'Osservatore Romano

Durante la concelebrazione della divina liturgia di Pentecoste che — domenica 19 giugno nella cattedrale di Heraklion — ha inaugurato il Santo e grande concilio della Chiesa ortodossa,

HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL CONVENES -PRESS OFFICE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE

Kolymvari, Crete, Greece
20 June 2016

Ecumenical Patriarchate Press Release

After more than 60 years of planning, the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church convened its opening session on the island of Crete on Monday, June 20, on the Feast of the Holy Spirit.

US SENATOR BEN CARDIN'S STATEMENT ON THE HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL OF THE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCHES

For Immediate Release
21 June 2016

U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement in advance of the Holy and Great Council to be held in Greece.

THE HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL COMMENCES

ελληνικά

Kolymvari, Crete, Greece
20 June 2016

Holy and Great Council Press Release

The Holy and Great Council commenced its work today at the Orthodox Academy of Crete.

Η ΟΜΙΛΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΟΥ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΗ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΓΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΓΑΛΗ ΣΥΝΟΔΟ

 Η ΟΜΙΛΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΟΥ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΗ 

ΣΤΗΝ ΑΓΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΓΑΛΗ ΣΥΝΟΔΟ 

ΠΡΟΕΔΡΟΥ ΤΗΣ ΑΓΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΓΑΛΗΣ ΣΥΝΟΔΟΥ ΤΗΣ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΗΣ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣ

ORTHODOX COUNCIL OPENS WITH PRIMATES CALLING FOR MORE PERMANENT CONSULTATION

 20 June 2016 | by Tom Heneghan, The Tablet

Two absent churches failed to reply to last-minute invitations from council

The long-awaited Holy and Great Council of Eastern Orthodoxy, the first in over 1,200 years, began a week of deliberations in Crete on Monday with many participants saying such meetings should become a regular institution in future.

VASILY CHERNOV: IN ABSENTIA

 The Weell

The decision of the Russian Orthodox Church not to attend the Pan-Orthodox Council was predictable. It was announced after the ROC’s traditional allies—the Orthodox Churches of Antioch, Georgia, Serbia, and Bulgaria—had said they were not coming either.