SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GREAT AND HOLY ORTHODOX COUNCIL (AUDIO)

During the week of June 19, the leaders of the self-governing Orthodox churches worldwide gathered on the island of Crete for the first global Council of the Orthodox Church in more than 1,000 years. 

RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH SYNOD REJECTS PAN-ORTHODOX STATUS OF CRETE COUNCIL

Moscow, July 15, Interfax - The Council which took place in Crete on June 20-25 cannot be regarded as pan-Orthodox, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church said in Moscow on Friday.

В.Р. Легойда: Священный Синод признал Собор на Крите важным событием, но отметил, что он не может рассматриваться как Всеправославный

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' The Patriarchate of Moscow has just made an official statement: The Council is not Pan-Orthodox because there was no consensus of all 15''

UKRAINIAN QUESTION DIVIDES ORTHODOX WORLD

Maria Zaikina, the moscow times

It took over 1,000 years to gather the religious leaders of the many Eastern Orthodox churches in one place, and still, when it happened, not everyone was in attendance.

Η ΑΥΤΟΚΕΦΑΛΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΟΥΚΡΑΝΙΑΣ ΘΑ ΜΕΛΕΤΗΘΕΙ ΑΠΟ ΣΥΝΟΔΙΚΗ ΕΠΙΤΡΟΠΗ ΤΟΥ ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΟΥ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΕΙΟΥ

Η ΑΥΤΟΚΕΦΑΛΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΟΥΚΡΑΝΙΑΣ ΘΑ ΜΕΛΕΤΗΘΕΙ ΑΠΟ ΣΥΝΟΔΙΚΗ ΕΠΙΤΡΟΠΗ ΤΟΥ ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΟΥ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΕΙΟΥ

Документ: Мисија Православне Цркве у савременом свету

Документ: Мисија Православне Цркве у савременом свету
Η ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΗ ΤΗΣ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΟΥ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣ ΕΝ ΤΩ ΣΥΓΧΡΟΝΩ ΚΟΣΜΩ
THE MISSION OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH IN TODAY’S WORLD
МИСИЈА ПРАВОСЛАВНЕ ЦРКВЕ У САВРЕМЕНОМ СВЕТУ

COMUNICAT DE PRESA REFERITOR LA DOCUMENTUL SINODAL PRIVIND IMPORTANTA POSTULUI

basilica.ro 

Sfântul și Marele Sinod al Bisericii Ortodoxe, întrunit în perioada 16-26 iunie 2016 în insula Creta, a subliniat importanța practicii postului și a binefacerilor sale spirituale.

ΝΗΣΤΕΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΠΑΝΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΗ ΣΥΝΟΔΟ

Του Αρχιμ. Βασιλείου Μπακογιάννη στην Romfea.gr

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Τό σύνολο τῶν σχολίων, σχετικά μέ τήν Πανορθόδοξη Σύνοδο, στρέφονται γύρω ἀπό τόν ἄν θά ἔπρεπε οἱ αἱρετικοί νά ὀνομασθοῦν «Ἐκκλησίες».

ΑΠΟ ΤΟ ΠΡΟΣΩΠΕΙΟΝ ΣΤΟ ΠΡΟΣΩΠΟΝ - ΠΕΡΙ ΤΗΣ ΑΓΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΓΑΛΗΣ ΣΥΝΟΔΟΥ ΤΗΣ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΙΑΣ

Φως Φαναριου 

Γράφει ο Θεολόγος-Εκκλησιαστικός Ιστορικός-Νομικός Ιωάννης Ελ. Σιδηράς 

ΑΠΟ ΤΟ ΠΡΟΣΩΠΕΙΟΝ ΣΤΟ ΠΡΟΣΩΠΟΝ 

THE HOLY & GREAT COUNCIL OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH: GOD'S CALL TO UNITY AND CHARITY

Archimandrite Nathanael Symeonides invites viewers to join the hundreds of Hierarchs, priests, deacons, monastics and laity who took part in the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church, which His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew convened from June 16-27. Learn about the Council's work, and the Church's mission in and for the world.

ON ECUMENOCLASM: WHO IS A HERETIC?

 Paul Ladouceur, public orthodoxy

One of the preferred weapons of Orthodox opponents of ecumenism is to call ecumenism a heresy and to refer to non-Orthodox, and indeed often Orthodox who support ecumenism, as heretics.

ORTHODOX COUNCIL BRIDGES TENSIONS, MOVES TOWARD INTERFAITH DIALOGUE

 Paul L. Gavrilyuk, 

Council of Crete embraces outward-looking leadership

During the week of June 19 on the island of Crete, the first global Orthodox Council to meet in more than 1,000 years—known as the “Holy and Great Council”—brought together more than 290 delegates, mostly bishops, representing 10 self-governing local Orthodox churches.

MENSAGEM DO SANTO E GRANDE CONCÍLIO DA IGREJA ORTODOXA

MENSAGEM DO SANTOE GRANDECONCÍLIO DA IGREJA ORTODOXA
ΤΟ ΜΗΝΥΜΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΓΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΓΑΛΗΣ ΣΥΝΟΔΟΥ
MESSAGE OF THE HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH
SACRA ARQUIDIOCESE ORTODOXA DE BUENOS AIRES E EXARCADO DA AMERICA DO SUL

ENCÍCLICA DO SANTO E GRANDE CONCÍLIO DA IGREJA ORTODOXA

 ENCÍCLICA DO SANTO E GRANDE CONCÍLIO DA IGREJA ORTODOXA

 ΕΓΚΥΚΛΙΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΑΓΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΓΑΛΗΣ ΣΥΝΟΔΟΥ ΤΗΣ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΗΣ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣ-ENCYCLICAL OF THE HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL OF ORTHODOX CHURCH 

 SACRA ARQUIDIOCESE ORTODOXA DE BUENOS AIRES E EXARCADO DA AMERICA DO SUL

DOCUMENTO CONCILIAR 1: «A IMPORTÂNCIA DO JEJUM E A SUA OBSERVÂNCIA HOJE»

DOCUMENTO CONCILIAR 1: «A IMPORTÂNCIA DO JEJUM E A SUA OBSERVÂNCIA HOJE»
Η ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΟΤΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΝΗΣΤΕΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ Η ΤΗΡΗΣΙΣ ΑΥΤΗΣ ΣΗΜΕΡΟΝ -THE IMPORTANCE OF FASTING AND ITS OBSERVANCE TODAY
SACRA ARQUIDIOCESE ORTODOXA DE BUENOS AIRES E EXARCADO DA AMERICA DO SUL 

DOCUMENTO CONCILIAR 2: «AS RELAÇÕES DA IGREJA ORTODOXA COM O CONJUNTO DO MUNDO CRISTÃO»

DOCUMENTO CONCILIAR 2: «AS RELAÇÕES DA IGREJA ORTODOXA COM O CONJUNTO DO MUNDO CRISTÃO» ΣΧΕΣΕΙΣ ΤΗΣ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΟΥ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΟΝ ΛΟΙΠΟΝ ΧΡΙΣΤΙΑΝΙΚΟΝ ΚΟΣΜΟΝ-RELATIONS OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH WITH THE REST OF THE CHRISTIAN WORLD

SACRA ARQUIDIOCESE ORTODOXA DE BUENOS AIRES E EXARCADO DA AMERICA DO SUL 

DOCUMENTO CONCILIAR 3. «A AUTONOMIA E A MANEIRA DE PROCLAMÁ-LA»

 DOCUMENTO CONCILIAR 3. «A AUTONOMIA E A MANEIRA DE PROCLAMÁ-LA»
ΤΟ ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟΝ ΚΑΙ Ο ΤΡΟΠΟΣ ΑΝΑΚΗΡΥΞΕΩΣ ΑΥΤΟΥ -AUTONOMY AND THE MEANS BY WHICH IT IS PROCLAIMED  
SACRA ARQUIDIOCESE ORTODOXA DE BUENOS AIRES E EXARCADO DA AMERICA DO SUL

DOCUMENTO CONCILIAR 4: «A DIÁSPORA ORTODOXA»

DOCUMENTO CONCILIAR 4: «A DIÁSPORA ORTODOXA»
Η ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΗ ΔΙΑΣΠΟΡΑ-THE ORTHODOX DIASPORA
SACRA ARQUIDIOCESE ORTODOXA DE BUENOS AIRES E EXARCADO DA AMERICA DO SUL 

O Santo e Grande Concílio da Igreja Ortodoxa abordou a questão da organização canônica da Diáspora Ortodoxa. Após haver debatido sobre os respectivos textos e sobre o Regulamento para o funcionamento das Assembleias Episcopais que a IV Conferência Panortodoxa pré-conciliar (Chambésy, 2009) e a Assembleia dos Primazes das Igrejas Ortodoxas Autocéfalas (21-28 de janeiro de 2016) enviaram ao Concílio, aprovou-os, com algumas pequenas emendas (…).

(Documento na íntegra AQUI).

Seguimos traduzindo os demais documentos do Concílio
para publicação na Biblioteca de Ecclesia

DOCUMENTO CONCILIAR 5: «O SACRAMENTO DO MATRIMÔNIO E SEUS IMPEDIMENTOS»

DOCUMENTO CONCILIAR 5: «O SACRAMENTO DO MATRIMÔNIO E SEUS IMPEDIMENTOS»
ΤΟ ΜΥΣΤΗΡΙΟΝ ΤΟΥ ΓΑΜΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΑ ΚΩΛΥΜΑΤΑ ΑΥΤΟΥ
THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE AND ITS IMPEDIMENTS
SACRA ARQUIDIOCESE ORTODOXA DE BUENOS AIRES E EXARCADO DA AMERICA DO SUL

DOCUMENTO CONCILIAR 6: A MISSÃO DA IGREJA ORTODOXA NO MUNDO CONTEMPORÂNEO

DOCUMENTO CONCILIAR 6: A MISSÃO DA IGREJA ORTODOXA NO MUNDO CONTEMPORÂNEO
Η ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΗ ΤΗΣ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΟΥ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣ ΕΝ ΤΩ ΣΥΓΧΡΟΝΩ ΚΟΣΜΩ-THE MISSION OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH IN TODAY’S WORLD
SACRA ARQUIDIOCESE ORTODOXA DE BUENOS AIRES E EXARCADO DA AMERICA DO SUL 

Q&A ABOUT THE PANORTHODOX COUNCIL (VIDEO)

 Δημοσιεύτηκε στις 12 Ιουλ 2016

 This is a Q&A session on the Panorthodox council, hosted by the Open Orthodox University of St Sophia in Kyiv on July 4, 2016.

TWO SCHOOLS: WHAT THE COUNCIL OF CRETE MEANS FOR THE FUTURE OF ORTHODOX THEOLOGY

Seraphim Danckaert, blogs.ancientfaith.com

Various media reports and editorials have described the controversies before, during, and after the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church, recently held during Pentecost on the island of Crete.

MARRIAGE AND SEXUALITY IN THE LIGHT OF THE ESCHATON

An interesting article by prof. Rev. Panteleimon Manousakis was recently published on the theological understanding of marriage as a contriβution to the dialogue between Orthodox and Reformed. It is of extreme importance now that the Holy and Great Council has issued a document on the same topic. The article touches upon a number of relevant issues, in addition to the sacramentality of marriage, religion, nationality and politics.

SFANTUL SI MARELE SINOD: RELASIILE BISERICII ORTODOXE CU ANSAMBLUL LUMII CRESTINE (DOCUMENT OFICIAL)

SFANTUL SI MARELE SINOD: RELASIILE BISERICII ORTODOXE CU ANSAMBLUL LUMII CRESTINE (DOCUMENT OFICIAL)

ΣΧΕΣΕΙΣ ΤΗΣ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΟΥ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΟΝ ΛΟΙΠΟΝ ΧΡΙΣΤΙΑΝΙΚΟΝ ΚΟΣΜΟΝ-RELATIONS OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH WITH THE REST OF THE CHRISTIAN WORLD

PATRIARHIA ROMÂNĂ

Η ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΟΛΟΓΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΓΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΓΑΛΗΣ ΣΥΝΟΔΟΥ

Επισκόπου Καρπασίας κ. Χριστοφόρου

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Η Εκκλησιολογία της Αγίας και Μεγάλης Συνόδου

THE PANORTHODOX COUNCIL: A FRAGILE HOPE FOR AGGIORNAMENTO?

July 10, 2016

Despite serious difficulties, the recent Holy and Great Council became a truly conciliar event which reflected the complexities of the Orthodox commonwealth while demonstrating its relevance to the modern world.

Fr. Cyril Hovorun, catholic world report

ΣΥΝΕΝΤΕΥΞΗ ΤΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΥ ΠΑΠΑΧΡΗΣΤΟΥ ΣΕ ΔΙΕΘΝΗ ΜΜΕ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΑΓΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΓΑΛΗ ΣΥΝΟΔΟ

 Διαβάστε τη συνέντευξη που παραχώρησε ο Νίκος Παπαχρήστου στην εφημερίδα της Βραζιλίας, O SAO PAULO (δείτε εδώ), και το δημοσιογράφο Filipe Domingues, για την Αγία και Μεγάλη Σύνοδο που πραγματοποιήθηκε τον περασμένο  Ιούνιο στην Κρήτη.

ΝΑΥΠΑΚΤΟΥ Κ. ΙΕΡΟΘΕΟΥ: ΛΙΓΟ ΜΕΤΑ ΤΗΝ «ΑΓΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΓΑΛΗ ΣΥΝΟΔΟ»

Ναυπάκτου κ. Ἱεροθέου: Λίγο ΜΕΤΑ τὴν «Ἁγία καὶ Μεγάλη Σύνοδο»

ORTHODOX SEE COUNCIL AS ANTIDOTE TO ‘HERESIES AND RUSES OF REASON’

 Filipe Domingues,July 9, 2016 SPECIAL TO CRUX

Despite the fact that four of the fourteen independent Eastern Orthodox churches of the world opted not to show up, an expert on Orthodoxy insists that the "Holy and Great Council" in Crete in late June was significant, arguing that meeting together to hash out issues is part of the DNA of Orthodoxy.

CHALLENGES FOR RESTORING THE BYZANTINE FEMALE DIACONATE FOR PRESENT TIMES

 Ashley Purpura, public orthodoxy

Pope Francis’s recent call for a commission to explore the possibility of reinstating the female diaconate in the Catholic Church resonates with over a century of similar calls among leaders and laity of the Orthodox Church.

ΜΙΑ ΠΟΛΥ ΕΝΔΙΑΦΕΡΟΥΣΑ ΘΕΩΡΗΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΣΥΝΟΔΟΥ ΤΗΣ ΚΡΗΤΗΣ

ΜΙΑ ΠΟΛΥ ΕΝΔΙΑΦΕΡΟΥΣΑ ΘΕΩΡΗΣΗ  ΤΗΣ ΣΥΝΟΔΟΥ ΤΗΣ ΚΡΗΤΗΣ
Οι Ορθόδοξες Εκκλησίες επιστρέφουν να συζητούν για τις «αιώνιες αξίες»
Του Ανδρέα Riccardi
Corriere della Sera 29/06/2016,
Επιμέλεια και απόδοση Νίκου Τζωιτη
Μετάφραση Βασίλη Μειχανετζιδη

FR. CYRIL HOVORUN RADIO MARIA - AFTER THE PANORTHODOX COUNCIL (VIDEO)

This is a recording of the Radio Maria's programme "Christianity Today", on the results of the Panorthodox Council held in Crete in June 2016. Tetyana Kalinichenko hosts a conversation with Cyril Hovorun

O «ΨΥΧΡΟΣ ΠΟΛΕΜΟΣ» ΤΗΣ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΙΑΣ

 Αλέξανδρος Στεφανόπουλος, huffingtonpost.gr

ENCICLICA SFANTULUI SI MARELUI SINOD AL BISERICII ORTODOXE

Enciclica Sfântului și Marelui Sinod al Bisericii Ortodoxe (iunie 2016) [1]

ΕΓΚΥΚΛΙΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΑΓΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΓΑΛΗΣ ΣΥΝΟΔΟΥ ΤΗΣ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΗΣ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣ-ENCYCLICAL OF THE HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL OF ORTHODOX CHURCH

Ο ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΗΣ ΜΠΑΤΣΚΑΣ ΕΙΡΗΝΑΙΟΣ ΔΕΝ ΥΠΕΓΡΑΨΕ ΤΟ ΣΥΝΟΔΙΚΟ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΟ ΚΕΙΜΕΝΟ

Επιστολή του Μητροπολίτη Μπάτσκας Ειρηναίου που εξηγεί τους  λόγους που δεν υπέγραψε το Συνοδικό Κείμενο «Σχέσεις της Ορθοδόξου Εκκλησίας με τον λοιπό χριστιανικό κόσμο»

METROPOLITAN AMFILOHIJE OF MONTENEGRO AND LITORAL DID NOT SIGN CONTROVERSIAL DOCUMENT AT CRETE

Cetinje, July 7, 2016

 

Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and Litoral has stated that he did not sign the document “Relations of the Orthodox Church with the Rest of the Christian World” adopted during the work of the Council held on Crete June 18-26, 2016.

SFANTUL SI MARELE SINOD: IMPORTANTA POSTULUI SI RESPECTAREA LUI ASTAZI (DOCUMENT OFICIAL)

 SFANTUL SI MARELE SINOD: IMPORTANTA POSTULUI SI RESPECTAREA LUI ASTAZI (DOCUMENT OFICIAL) 

Η ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΟΤΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΝΗΣΤΕΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ Η ΤΗΡΗΣΙΣ ΑΥΤΗΣ ΣΗΜΕΡΟΝ
THE IMPORTANCE OF FASTING AND ITS OBSERVANCE TODAY

Patriarhia Română  

HISTORIC ORTHODOX COUNCIL MEETS DESPITE BOYCOTT BY FOUR CHURCHES

 Paul L. Gavrilyuk, america magazine

Russia's influence seen behind the scenes

During the week of June 19, the leaders of the self-governing Orthodox churches worldwide gathered in council on the island of Crete. As the first global Council of the Orthodox Church in more than 1,000 years, this historic event promised to usher in a new era of conciliarity.

A BLESSEDLY UNPREDICTABLE COUNCIL

  

Cyril Hovorun , firstthings

I had begun writing about the results of the Pan-Orthodox Council, which recently finished its work in Crete, before it was actually convened.

ΜΕ ΤΗΝ ΑΓΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΓΑΛΗ ΣΥΝΟΔΟ ΑΣΧΟΛΗΘΗΚΕ Η ΚΛΗΡΙΚΟΛΑΪΚΗ

 Εθνικός Κήρυκας

ΒΟΣΤΩΝΗ. Η 43η Κληρικολαϊκή Συνέλευση της Αρχιεπισκοπής Αμερικής, η οποία ως γνωστόν συνέρχεται στην πόλη Νάσβιλ του Τενεσί υπό την προεδρία του Αρχιεπισκόπου Γέροντος Αμερικής κ. Δημητρίου, ασχολήθηκε με την Μεγάλη Σύνοδο η οποία έγινε πριν από μία εβδομάδα στην Κρήτη υπό την προεδρία του Οικουμενικού Πατριάρχη κ. Βαρθολομαίου.