CONCLUSIONS OF THE HOLY SYNOD REGARDING THE PROCEEDINGS AND THE DECISIONS OF THE HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH (CRETE, 16-26 JUNE 2016)

 basilica.ro

After the discussions carried during the working session of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, chaired Saturday, 29 October 2016, by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, the Synodal Fathers formulated and expressed the following conclusions related to the proceedings and the decisions of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church (Crete, 16-26 June 2016):

ARCHBISHOP JOB OF TELMESSOS: CHURCH UNITY IS STILL OUR DREAM

31 October 2016, WCC

By Ivars Kupcis*

Almost since the founding of the World Council of Churches (WCC), there has been a permanent delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate at the WCC offices in Geneva.

A STEP FORWARD IN CATHOLIC-ORTHODOX RELATIONS LATEST AGREEMENT FROM INTERNATIONAL DIALOGUE BRIDGES CENTRAL QUESTION OF PAPACY’S ROLE IN CHURCH MSGR. PAUL MCPARTLAN

 Msgr. Paul McPartlan is the Carl J. Peter Professor of Systematic Theology and Ecumenism at The Catholic University of America. He has been a member of the International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Roman Catholic Church and Orthodox Church since 2005.

PATRIARCHAL PROCLAMATION ON THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS ALL-HOLINESS' ELECTION TO THE ECUMENICAL THRONE

MESSAGE OF HIS ALL-HOLINESS
ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW
To the Plenitude of the Ecumenical Patriarchate Worldwide
On the 25th Anniversary of His Election to the Ecumenical Throne

ENGLISH-EΛΛΗNIKA-ITALIANO- ESPAÑOLA

A QUARTER OF A CENTURY ON THE THRONE OF SAINT ANDREW

 Ecumenical Patriarchate Permanent Delegation to the World Council of Churches

On 22 October 2016, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew celebrated the 25^th anniversary of his election as the 270^th Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, successor of the Holy Apostle Andrew,

THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON - PRECONDITION AND PURPOSE OF THE INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE IN THE TEACHING OF THE HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH

Natallia Vasilevich, Academia edu.

The dignity of the human person - precondition and purpose of the interreligious dialogue in the teaching of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church

AFTER THE YAROVAYA LAWS: THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH AND THE “TRADITIONAL VALUES” INTERNATIONAL AT A CROSSROADS

Christopher Stroop, Public Orthodoxy

One of the strangest aspects of Vladimir Putin’s third term as president of the Russian Federation has been the emergence of Russia as the global standard bearer for so-called “traditional values.”

ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΙΚΗ ΕΓΚΥΚΛΙΟΣ ΕΠΙ ΤΗ 25ΕΤΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΟΥ ΒΑΡΘΟΛΟΜΑΙΟΥ ΣΤΟΝ ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΟ ΘΡΟΝΟ

Φως Φαναρίου

Εγκύκλιος της Α.Θ.Π. του Οικουμενικού Πατριάρχου κ. κ. Βαρθολομαίου επί τη 25ετία της εκλογής αυτού εις τον Οικουμενικόν Θρόνον

ΟΜΙΛΙΑ ΤΗΣ Α. Θ. ΠΑΝΑΓΙΟΤΗΤΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΟΥ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΟΥ κ. κ. ΒΑΡΘΟΛΟΜΑΙΟΥ ΚΑΤΑ ΤΗΝ ΘΕΙΑΝ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑΝ ΕΠΙ ΤΗι 25ΕΤΙΑι ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΙΑΣ ΤΗΣ Α. Θ. ΠΑΝΑΓΙΟΤΗΤΟΣ (22 Ὀκτωβρίου 2016)

ΟΜΙΛΙΑ
ΤΗΣ Α. Θ. ΠΑΝΑΓΙΟΤΗΤΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΟΥ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΟΥ
Κ. Κ. ΒΑΡΘΟΛΟΜΑΙΟΥ
ΚΑΤΑ ΤΗΝ ΘΕΙΑΝ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑΝ ΕΠΙ ΤΗι  25ΕΤΙΑι ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΙΑΣ ΤΗΣ Α. Θ. ΠΑΝΑΓΙΟΤΗΤΟΣ   (22 Ὀκτωβρίου 2016) 

Ο ΑΡΧΙΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΣ ΑΜΕΡΙΚΗΣ ΜΙΛΑ ΓΙΑ ΤΟΝ ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΟ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΗ

Ο Αρχιεπίσκοπος Αμερικής, Δημήτριος. Φωτογραφία αρχείου "Ε.Κ.".

ΘΕΟΔΩΡΟΥ ΚΑΛΜΟΥΚΟΥ|ΕΘΝΙΚΟΣ ΚΗΡΥΞ

ΒΟΣΤΩΝΗ. Ο Αρχιεπίσκοπος Γέρων Αμερικής κ. Δημήτριος με συνέντευξη του στον «Εθνικό Κήρυκα» για την αφιερωματική έκδοση στην εικοσιπενταετία της Πατριαρχίας του Οικουμενικού Πατριάρχη κ. Βαρθολομαίου, ομιλεί για την πρώτη γνωριμία τους το 1969 από τότε που ήταν ακόμα Αρχιμανδρίτης και αργότερα όταν έγινε Μητροπολίτης Φιλαδελφείας και στη συνέχεια Χαλκηδόνος.

ISSUES ADDRESSED AND ISSUES NEGLECTED: OFFICIAL ORTHODOX-CATHOLIC RELATIONS

Thomas Bremer, Public Orthodoxy

On September 21^st, at the end of its plenary session in Chieti, Italy, the “Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church” adopted a joint document titled “Synodality and Primacy During the First Millennium: Towards a Common Understanding in Service to the Unity of the Church.“

ΤΟΜΟΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΟΙΚΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ ΘΕΟΛΟΓΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΗΝ ΠΕΡΙΒΑΛΛΟΝΤΙΚΗ ΗΘΙΚΗ ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΟ ΑΚΑΔΗΜΙΑ ΚΡΗΤΗΣ

Φως Φαναρίου

Έκδοση Βιβλίου από την Ορθόδοξο Ακαδημία Κρήτης για την Οικολογική Θεολογία και την Περιβαλλοντική Ηθική 

ΚΑΘΗΓΗΤΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΘΕΟΛΟΓΙΚΗΣ ΣΧΟΛΗΣ ΤΟΥ Α.Π.Θ., ΕΙΝΑΙ Ο ΠΡΩΤΟΣ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΟΣ ΣΤΟΝ ΟΠΟΙΟ ΑΠΟΝΕΜΕΤΑΙ ΤΟ ΔΙΕΘΝΕΣ ΒΡΑΒΕΙΟ ΤΟΥ ΙΔΡΥΜΑΤΟΣ «ΓΙΟΖΑΦ ΡΑΤΣΙΓΚΕΡ-ΒΕΝΕΔΙΚΤΟΣ XVI», ΠΟΥ ΕΔΡΕΥΕΙ ΣΤΟ ΒΑΤΙΚΑΝΟ

Καθηγητής της Θεολογικής Σχολής του Α.Π.Θ., είναι ο πρώτος ορθόδοξος στον οποίο απονέμεται το διεθνές βραβείο του Ιδρύματος «Γιόζαφ Ράτσιγκερ-Βενέδικτος XVI», που εδρεύει στο Βατικανό.

“NEO-TRADITIONALISM IN CONTEMPORARY ORTHODOXY,” CONFERENCE OF THE ORTHODOX THEOLOGICAL SOCIETY IN AMERICA, ''CRETE 2016: POST-CONCILIAR REFLECTIONS''

Dr Paul Ladouceur, Orthodox School of Theology at Trinity College, University of Toronto. Faculté de théologie et de sciences religieuses, Université Laval

“Neo-Traditionalism in Contemporary Orthodoxy,” Conference of the Orthodox Theological Society in America, “Crete 2016: Post-Conciliar Reflections,” Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Seminary (Brookline MA), September 29 to October 1, 2016

SOME THOUGHTS ON THE GREAT AND HOLY COUNCIL IN RELATION TO THE FUTURE OF CONCILIARITY

ERIC LOZANO·TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2016

One of the interesting things about the Great and Holy Council held earlier this year after much preparation was that it was convened with the understanding that it would be a source of great consequences and blessings for the future of Orthodoxy, and, indeed, for all humanity.

ΙΩΒΗΛΑΙΟΝ ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΟΥ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΟΥ ΒΑΡΘΟΛΟΜΑΙΟΥ

  Φως Φαναρίου

Με αφορμή την επέτειο των  25  χρόνων από την ανάρρηση της ΑΘΠ του Οικουμενικού Πατριάρχου Βαρθολομαίου στον Πατριαρχικό Θρόνο

SERBIAN PATRIARCH: CHURCHES MUST PUT ASIDE WHAT DIVIDES THEM

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Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Irinej said while in London last week that Christian churches "must find ways to put aside that which possibly divides us." 

THE FIRST TEST FOR ORTHODOX UNITY AFTER THE HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL: THE CHIETI DOCUMENT

 Dr. Nicolas Kazarian, Public Orthodoxy

September 2016, Chieti, Italy. The Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church, established in 1979, gathered once again. But this meeting was crucial in many ways, and not only for Orthodox-Catholic relations.

ORTHODOX DISCUSSED FAITH AND ORDER PAPER “THE CHURCH: TOWARDS A COMMON VISION” IN CYPRUS

World Council of Churches
Inter-Orthodox Consultation
“THE CHURCH TOWARDS A COMMON VISION”
Faith and Order Paper No. 214
Paralimni, Cyprus, 6–13 October 2016
COMMUNIQUÉ

 Ecumenical Patriarchate Permanent Delegation to the World Council of Churches

ΑRCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY WELCOMES PATRIARCH KIRILL TO LAMBETH PALACE

Archbishop Justin Welby and His Holiness Kirill at Lambeth Palace, 18 October 2016. (Lambeth Palace) , Archbishop of Canterbury

ΣΧΟΛΕΙΑ, ΘΕΟΛΟΓΟΙ, ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣ, ΚΑΤΗΧΗΣΗ...

 π. Θεοδόσιος Μαρτζούχος, enoriako.info

Α. Το παρελθόν

Η ανάθεση απ’ τον κατακτητή Σουλτάνο της πολιτικής ευθύνης της ύπαρξης και διοίκησης του Γκιαούρ-Μιλλέτ (του γένους των απίστων) στον Πατριάρχη της Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, αποτέλεσε ιστορική σωτηρία για το γένος. Μιλάμε εμείς σήμερα για μας, και όχι όπως οι ιστορικοί για τους Αζτέκους...

DIES ACADEMICUS OF THE INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES IN ORTHODOX THEOLOGY OF CHAMBESY

 Ecumenical Patriarchate Permanent Delegation to the World Council of Churches

The Institute of Postgraduate Studies in Orthodox Theology of Chambésy began its 21^st academic year by conferring Master degrees to six graduates (coming from the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Churches of Russia, Serbia and Greece) and welcoming seven new students into its unique tripartite program of theological studies on 15 October 2016 during the ceremony of Dies Academicus.

ΤΙ ΕΣΤΙ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΗΣ

Φως Φαναρίου

Με αφορμή την συμπλήρωση, αυτές τις μέρες, 25 ετών από την ανάρρηση στον Πατριαρχικό Θρόνο της Κωνσταντινουπόλεως του Οικουμενικού Πατριάρχου Βαρθολομαίου,

PATRIARCH KIRILL MEETS WITH PATRIARCH IRENAEUS OF SERBIA IN LONDON

The Russian Orthodox Church. Department for External Church Relations 

PATRIARCH KIRILL MEETS WITH PATRIARCH IRENAEUS OF SERBIA IN LONDON

ОТНОШЕНИЯ ПРАВОСЛАВНОЙ ЦЕРКВИ С ОСТАЛЬНЫМ ХРИСТИАНСКИМ МИРОМ

OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS OF THE HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH
ΣΧΕΣΕΙΣ ΤΗΣ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΟΥ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΟΝ ΛΟΙΠΟΝ ΧΡΙΣΤΙΑΝΙΚΟΝ ΚΟΣΜΟΝ-RELATIONS OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH WITH THE REST OF THE CHRISTIAN WORLD
ОТНОШЕНИЯ ПРАВОСЛАВНОЙ ЦЕРКВИ С ОСТАЛЬНЫМ ХРИСТИАНСКИМ МИРОМ

WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES INTER-ORTHODOX CONSULTATION “THE CHURCH TOWARDS A COMMON VISION” Faith and Order Paper No. 214 Paralimni, Cyprus, 6-13 October 2016 COMMUNIQUÉ

Φως Φαναρίου

WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES 

INTER-ORTHODOX CONSULTATION 

“THE CHURCH TOWARDS A COMMON VISION” 

Faith and Order Paper No. 214 

Paralimni, Cyprus, 6-13 October 2016 

 COMMUNIQUÉ 

THE OFFICIAL VISIT OF PATRIARCH OF SERBIA IRINEJ - DAY TWO

Official visit of the Serbian Patriarch - day two , Αrchbishop of Canterbury
Friday 14th October 2016, The official visit of His Holiness Irinej, Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovci, Patriarch of Serbia at the invitation of the Archbishop of Canterbury continued today at Lambeth Palace.

POPE FRANCIS WRITES A REFLECTION ON ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW IN L'OSSERVATORE ROMANO FOR HIS 25TH ANNIVERSARY THIS OCTOBER AS THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH

Oct. 12, 2016, L'OSSERVATORE ROMANO

POPE FRANCIS WRITES A REFLECTION ON ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW IN L'OSSERVATORE ROMANO FOR HIS 25TH ANNIVERSARY THIS OCTOBER AS THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH

ΑRCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY WELCOMES PATRIARCH OF SERBIA TO LAMBETH PALACE

Thursday 13th October 2016, Αrchbishop of Canterbury
Archbishop Justin Welby received His Holiness Irinej this morning during his official visit to the UK. 

POPE EMERITUS BENEDICT XVI WRITES A REFLECTION ON ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW IN L'OSSERVATORE ROMANO FOR HIS 25TH ANNIVERSARY THIS OCTOBER AS THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH

Oct. 12, 2016, L'OSSERVATORE ROMANO

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI writes a reflection on Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in L'OSSERVATORE ROMANO for his 25th Anniversary this October as the Ecumenical Patriarch.

AD CONFIRMA FRATRES

Michael Seraphim
Of Known Cause

Many things have been spoken of the Great Schism and efforts have not ceased to heal it.

THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Dr. PHILIP KARIATLIS, ACADEMIC DIRECTOR, SENIOR LECTURER IN THEOLOGY ST ANDREWS GREEK ORTHODOX THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA ,

The Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Environment.pdf St Mark’s Review, 236, (2016), p.16-35

POPE FRANCIS APOSTOLIC VISIT TO GEORGIA

ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE PERMANENT DELEGATION TO THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES

30 September–2 October 2016

By Tamara Grdzelidze

Αs ambassador of Georgia to the Holy See, I have been reading and listening to any and all commentary regarding the visit.

Fr. JOHN CHRYSSAVGIS, LOOKING BACK AT THE HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL

Heracles Filios of «Light from the Phanar» speaks with
Rev. Dr. John Chryssavgis, Archdeacon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, huffington post
Note: This interview originally appeared in Greek on August 30, 2016 at http://fanarion.blogspot.com

It is an immense privilege and blessing to welcome Fr. John Chryssavgis, Archdeacon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, to «Fos Fanariou» (Light from the Phanar)

FR.CYRIL HOVORUN, CONCILIARITY (VIDEO)

This a lecture at the LMU on conciliarity, where we discuss that councils constitute the nature of the church, and how the meanings of the word “council” varied from era to era.

CATHOLIC AND ORTHODOX FIND COMMON GROUND IN EARLY CHURCH UNDERSTANDING

 Catholic and Orthodox find common ground in early Church understanding, Member of ecumenical panel explains why the dialogue's latest document is significant

 John Burger, Aleteia

A GROWING RIFT BETWEEN EGYPT’S CHRISTIANS AND THEIR LEADERS SPELLS TROUBLE

 Sarah E. Yerkes, Public Orthodoxy

Sunday marks the fifth anniversary of the October 9, 2011 Maspero massacre in which Egyptian army forces killed two dozen Egyptians, mostly Coptic Christians, and injured hundreds more who were engaged in a sit-in in front of the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (Maspero) building.

ΑΦΙΕΡΩΜΑ ΣΤΟΝ ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΟ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΗ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟ

Φως Φαναρίου

Ο μακαριστός Πατριάρχης Δημήτριος με τον σημερινό Οικουμενικό Πατριάρχη Βαρθολομαίο

Важность поста и его соблюдение сегодня

OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS OF THE HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH
Η ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΟΤΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΝΗΣΤΕΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ Η ΤΗΡΗΣΙΣ ΑΥΤΗΣ ΣΗΜΕΡΟΝ
THE IMPORTANCE OF FASTING AND ITS OBSERVANCE TODAY

ОКРУЖНОЕ ПОСЛАНИЕ

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