
As we close the Season of Creation, join Christian leaders from around the globe as we celebrate the fruits of the season and reflect on our next steps together in caring for our common home.
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros Keynote Address, The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the USA Zoom Video Conference
Συνέρχεται από σήμερα, Τρίτη, μέχρι και την ερχόμενη Πέμπτη (6-8 Οκτωβρίου 2020), στο Καθολικό της Ιεράς Πατριαρχικής και Σταυροπηγιακής Μονής Ζωοδόχου Πηγής Βαλουκλή, η Αγία και Ιερά Σύνοδος του Οικουμενικού Πατριαρχείου υπό την προεδρία της Α. Θ. Παναγιότητος του Οικουμενικού Πατριάρχου κ.κ. Βαρθολομαίου.
On his 13th enthronement anniversary, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel urged permanent thankfulness to God because ‘we live permanently from His help and mercy and feel His blessing.’
Ecumenical Trends Vol 49 No 5, Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute September/October 2020, pp.24-27.
Dr. Alon Segev is the author of three books and numerous essays and articles on great variety of themes in religious studies, Holocaust studies, intellectual history, and philosophy, from antiquity to modernity. He earned his PhD from Haifa University with a dissertation on Heidegger. He was a Max-Planck “Minerva” fellow at Heidelberg University and had the DFG grant in Cologne University. His current research deals with the debate over the canonical status of the Old Testament, from Marcion to the present. He teaches philosophy at Loyola University Chicago. This year he is a visiting professor of theology at Philipps University Marburg.
Ecumenical Trends Vol 49 No 5, Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute September/October 2020, pp.19-23
The Very Rev. Dr. Sarah Rowland Jones, LVO, OBE, is the Dean of St. Davids Cathedral (Tyddewi), Wales. A British Diplomat for 15 years prior to ordination in the Church in Wales, she has since also spent a decade as Research and Ecumenical Advisor to successive Archbishops of Cape Town. She has been a member of the Inter-Anglican Standing Commission for Ecumenical Relations (2000-2008), the Inter-Anglican Standing Commission for Unity, Faith and Order (2009-2019), and the International Commission for Anglican-Orthodox Theological Dialogue (2015-present). She is a regular broadcaster, and writes and speaks on ecumenism, spiri-tuality, and public theology.
Ecumenical Trends Vol 49 No 5, Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute September/October 2020, pp.14-18.
Dr. Dale T. Irvin is a founding member of the faculty of the New School of Biblical Theology located in Orlando, Florida, as well as an adjunct faculty member at Georgetown University in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies. A graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary (MDiv) and Union Theological Seminary in New York (PhD), he is the author and editor of several books, a founding editor of the Journal of World Christianity, and currently, the Chair of the Ecclesiological Investigations International Research Network. He is an ordained min-ister in the American Baptist Churches USA
Ecumenical Trends Vol 49 No 5, Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute September/October 2020, pp.9-13
Dr. Ingeborg G. Gabriel holds the Chair of Social Ethics at the University of Vienna. She has Degrees in Economics and International Relations as well as a PhD in Roman Catholic Theology. Her research interests center on the-ology and ethics in the global world, and she is active in ecumenical dialogue. For publications, see http://ktf.univie.ac.at/site/se/.
Ecumenical Trends Vol 49 No 5, Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute September/October 2020, pp.6-8.
The Rev. Dr. Nicolas Kazarian is Director of the Department of Inter-Orthodox, Ecumenical, and Interfaith Relations at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. He was a member of the Commission that worked on For the Life of the World. He is a specialist on the Orthodox world and ecumenical dialogue, and has published several articles on religion and politics. He is a Professor at the Saint-Sergius Orthodox Institute, and teaches at the Catholic University of Paris
Ecumenical TrendsVol 49 No 5, Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute September/October 2020, pp. 1-5
Ἱερᾶ Μητροόπολις Ρεθύμνης καὶ Αὐλοποτάμου
Ἐκδόθηκε καὶ κυκλοφορήθηκε γιὰ τὸ ἔτος 2020 τὸ ὑπ’ ἀριθμ. 38 τεῦχος τοῦ ἐπιστημονικοῦ περιοδικοῦ τῆς Ἱερᾶς Μητροπόλεως Ρεθύμνης καὶ Αὐλοποτάμου Νέα Χριστιανική Κρήτη. Στὸ Προλόγισμά του στὸ τεῦχος αὐτό, ὁ Σεβ. Μητροπολίτης Ρεθύμνης καὶ Αὐλοποτάμου κ. Εὐγένιος ἀναφέρει, μεταξύ ἄλλων, τὰ ἑξῆς:
Ιερά Μητρόπολη Κισάμου και Σελίνου
Tο Σεπτό Κέντρο της Ορθοδοξίας, το Οικουμενικό μας Πατριαρχείο επισκέφθηκε ο Σεβ. Μητροπολίτης μας κ. Αμφιλόχιος, σε προγραμματισμένη από διμήνου επίσκεψη και ακρόαση του υπό του Παναγιωτάτου Οικουμενικού μας Πατριάρχου κ.κ. ΒΑΡΘΟΛΟΜΑΙΟΥ. Κατά την συνάντηση του μετά του Σεπτού Προκαθημένου της Ορθοδοξίας, ο Επίσκοπος μας είχε την ευκαιρία όπως ενημερώσει τον Παναγιώτατο δια την ποιμαντική διακονία της Ι. Μητροπόλεως μας.
Μητροπολίτου Φαναρίου Ἀγαθαγγέλου,, Γενικοῦ Διευθυντοῦ Ἀποστολικῆς Διακονίας τῆς Ἐκκλησίας τῆς Ἑλλάδος
Στα πλαίσια των εκδηλώσεων για την προστασία της φύσεως, το Συμβούλιο των Χριστιανικών Εκκλησιών της Γαλλίας διοργάνωσε μια τελετή την περασμένη Τρίτη, 29η Σεπτεμβρίου.
Η ΣΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ ΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΗ ΣΤΗ ΛΕΥΚΟΡΩΣΙΑ
ΚΑΙ Ο ΡΟΛΟΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΩΝ
Stefan Tobler, für Systematische Theologie und Co-Direktor des Instituts für Ökume nische Forschung Hermannstadt, Universität „Lucian Blaga“ Sibiu, Str. Mitropoliei 30, Sibiu, in Review of Ecumenical Studies Sibiu, 8 Aug 2020, pp. 20-227

As we close the Season of Creation, join Christian leaders from around the globe as we celebrate the fruits of the season and reflect on our next steps together in caring for our common home.
Εκκλησία της Ελλάδος
Παρουσίαση Εκδηλώσεων για την επέτειο των 200 ετών από την Ελληνική Επανάσταση
1.10.2020 Ώρα ανάρτησης: 1:43:57 PM
Press Office of the Romanian Patriarchate
During its working session on Tuesday, the Holy Synod recommended to the parishes of the Romanian Orthodox Church to intensify the activities dedicated to families. It urged the believers to cultivate Christian education and philanthropic spirit in their families and society through prayer and good deeds.
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Presiding Priest – St. Athanasius the Great Greek Orthodox Church – Arlington, MA
Professor of Leadership and Parish Administration at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
— Archbishop Job of Telmessos
The pandemic of coronavirus that has shaken the world for the last nine months has revealed different forms of fanaticism. First of all, it has revealed coronavirus sceptics. Often referring to all sorts of conspiracy theories, they generally reject the discourse of science. Referring to human rights, their attitude is rather individual than collective, since they think more about their selfish freedom than the wellbeing of the society. They reject the health restrictions imposed by the civil authorities in order to protect the population, such as wearing mandatory face coverings, and they contest the need of mass vaccinations. In different parts of the world, we have seen during the past months several public demonstrations held by such coronavirus sceptics.
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Petitions UN Experts to Hold Turkey Accountable for Violating Cultural and Religious Rights
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
NEW YORK: On September 28th, 2020, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America convened a regularly scheduled Holy Eparchial Synod meeting via a teleconference in order to review the up-to-date matters of the Agenda.

Μητροπολίτου Ναυπάκτου καί Ἁγίου Βλασίου Ἱεροθέου
Ἡ ὀρθόδοξη θεολογία εἶναι ἡ ζωή καί ἡ διδασκαλία τῆς Ὀρθοδόξου Ἐκκλησίας, ὡς Σώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ. Ὁ Ἄσαρκος Λόγος στήν Παλαιά Διαθήκη πού ἐσαρκώθη καί εἶναι ὁ Σεσαρκωμένος Λόγος στήν Καινή Διαθήκη καί τήν Ἐκκλησία, ἀπεκάλυψε στούς Προφῆτες, τούς Ἀποστόλους καί τούς Πατέρας διά μέσου τῶν αἰώνων ὅλες τίς ἀλήθειες γιά τόν Θεό καί τόν ἄνθρωπο καί πῶς μπορεῖ ὁ ἄνθρωπος νά ἑνωθῆ μέ Αὐτόν καί νά ζῆ αἰωνίως μαζί Του.
Τὸ Μυστήριο τῆς Θείας Οἰκονομίας κατὰ τὰ Ἀναγνώσματα τῆς Κυριακῆς καί τινων ἑορτῶν
Δέσπω Ἀθ. Λιάλιου, Ὁμότιμη Καθηγήτρια Θεολογικῆς Σχολῆς Α.Π.Θ.
ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ Α´ ΛΟΥΚΑ, 27 Σεπτεμβρίου 2020, Μνήμη τοῦ Ἁγίου Μάρτυρος Καλλιστράτου, καὶ τῶν σὺν αὐτῷ, (Αριθμ. 43Β)
Dumbarton Oaks
Built between 532 and 537, Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom, Ayasofya) represents a brilliant moment in Byzantine architecture and art. It was the principal church of the Byzantine Empire in its capital, Constantinople (later Istanbul), and a mosque after the Ottoman Empire conquered the city in 1453. The decision of the Turkish government in 1934 to establish Ayasofya as a museum was intended to make it a repository of human history—all human history, not a single history confined to one religion or people. Recently, this decision was annulled, turning the building again into a mosque.