THE ECUMENICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH

 AMEN

by Archbishop Job of Telmessos,Permanent Representative of the Ecumenical Patriarchate at the WCC

The Holy and Great Council and the Question of Ecumenism

The Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church to be convened on Crete on June 20-26, 2016 will be the culmination of a century of preparation. Indeed, the Patriarchal and Synodical Encyclical of Ecumenical Patriarch Joachim III of June 12, 1902, through which the Primates of the Orthodox Autocephalous Churches were called to collaborate to face the problems concerning the Orthodox Church at that time was the spark which initiated the preparation of a Great Pan-Orthodox Council.

THE INSTITUTION OF AUTOCEPHALY IN THE ORTHODOX CHURCH

By Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos and Agiou Vlasiou,

 Source: Translated from the Greek by Fr Patrick B. O'Grady.

THE TERM AUTOCEPHALOUS CHURCH

Ιερά Μητρόπολη Ναυπάκτου

The Term Autocephalous Church

Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos and St Vlassios

Translation of the article in Greek Ὁ ὅρος «Αὐτοκέφαλη Ἐκκλησία»

SYNODALITY IN ANGLICANISM

 

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 Mark D. Chapman, ist stellvertretender Leiter von Ripon College, Cuddesdon, und Professor für Geschichte der modernen Theologie an der Universität Oxford, GB. From the journal Materialdienst, 2022, Volume 73 Issue 2 , pp.: 83–89.

THE DEBATE OVER THE DECLARATION OF AUTOCEPHALY IN A CHURCH

 Ἱερὰ Μητρόπολη Ναυπάκτου καὶ Ἁγίου Βλασίου

Βy His Eminence, +Hierotheos, Metropolitan of Naupaktos

ΠΡΑΚΤΙΚΑ ΤΟΥ 8ο ΔΙΕΘΝΈΣ ΣΥΝΈΔΡΙΟΥ ΟΡΘΟΔΌΞΟΥ ΘΕΟΛΟΓΊΑΣ ΜΕ ΘΕΜΑ ΤΗΝ ΑΓΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΓΑΛΗ ΣΥΝΟΔΟ

 

8th International Conference of Orthodox Theology

 

Πρόγραμμα Συνεδρίου (pdf) 

Σημείωμα της Εκδοτικής Επιτροπής

         Η Θεολογική Σχολή του Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης – τηρώντας την μακρά παράδοση των Διεθνών Συνεδρίων Ορθοδόξου Θεολογίας που έχουν διεξαχθεί τις περασμένες δεκαετίες – διοργάνωσε το 8ο Διεθνές Συνέδριο Ορθοδόξου Θεολογίας στη Θεσσαλονίκη από τις 21 έως τις 25 Μαΐου 2018, με θέμα: «Η Αγία και Μεγάλη Σύνοδος της Ορθοδόξου Εκκλησίας: Η Ορθόδοξη Θεολογία στον 21ο αιώνα» και διερεύνησε τη σπουδαιότητα και τις επιπτώσεις της Συνοδικότητας για την Εκκλησία και την κοινωνία σε ένα πολυφωνικό κόσμο. Το σημαντικό αυτό Συνέδριο, δεδομένης της αναστολής παρομοίων πρωτοβουλιών, λόγω της πανδημίας, με υπεύθυνο και αντιπροσωπευτικό τρόπο πρόλαβε να ασχοληθεί εγκαίρως με τα πορίσματα της Αγίας και Μεγάλης Συνόδου της Ορθοδόξου Εκκλησίας, που πραγματοποιήθηκε από 16 έως 25 Ιουνίου 2016, στο Κολυμπάρι της Κρήτης.
       

THE 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF ORTHODOX THEOLOGY:THE HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH: ORTHODOX THEOLOGY IN THE 21ST CENTURY

 

Conference Programme (pdf)

 

Note of the Editorial Committee

            The Faculty of Theology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - observing the long standing tradition of the International Conferences of Orthodox Theology that have been held in the past decades - organized under the auspices of His All Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew the 8th International Conference of Orthodox Theology in Thessaloniki from 21 to 25 May 2018, with the theme: "The Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church: Orthodox Theology in the 21st century" and explored the implications of  Synodality for the Church and society in a pluralistic world. This significant Conference, given the subsequent suspension of similar initiatives due to the pandemic, managed to explore beforehand, in a responsible and representative way, the findings of the Holy and Great Synod of the Orthodox Church held from 16 to 25 June 2016, in Kolymbari, Crete.

AΠΟΦΑΣΗ ΤΟΥ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΕΙΟΥ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΊΑΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΑΓΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΓΑΛΗ ΣΥΝΟΔΟ

Ἐκ τῆς Ἀρχιγραμματείας τῆς Ἁγίας καὶ Ἱερᾶς Συνόδου

τοῦ Πατριαρχείου Ἀντιοχείας καὶ Πάσης Ἀνατολῆς

Balamand, τῇ 6ῃ Ἰουνίου 2016

Απόφαση

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.

THE HOLY & GREAT COUNCIL OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH: RESULT IN GREAT & LASTING GOOD?

  

World Student Christian Federation (Europe).

Natallia Vasilevich, from SCM Belarus represented WSCF-E at the Holy and Great Council as a journalist. She writes her dissertation at the University of Bonn on the social doctrine of the Orthodox Church in the framework of the Holy and Great Council and pre-conciliar process.

ORTHODOX-CATHOLIC DIALOGUE?

by V. Rev. Harry Linsinbigler 

Ecumenical Patriarchate Press Office

Scripture describes ecclesial division as harmful to Christ’s flock, and something that requires correction (1 Cor. 1.10-13; 12.25).  The continued absence of full communion between the Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church—

ORTHODOX-CATHOLIC DIALOGUE

by Very Rev. Dr. Harry Linsinbigler

 public orthodoxy

Scripture describes ecclesialdivision as harmful to Christ’s flock, and something that requires correction (1 Cor. 1.10-13; 12.25).

SYNODALITY AND PRIMACY IN THE SECOND MILLENNIUM AND TODAY

 Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity

Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue
between the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church

15th PLENARY SESSION

WHAT IS THE MEETING OF ORTHODOX CHURCHES IN CRETE ALL ABOUT?

 Joel Forster , Evangelical Focus

 “The relationship between Orthodoxy and those Churches which are in the process of accepting liberal moral values and doctrinal relativism is deteriorating”, says Francisco José Pino.

PREPARATION OF THE HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL: A COMPREHENSIVE TIMELINE

Ecumenical Patriarchate Press Office

For a selected bibliography, click HERE.

  Source:  Faith Matters, TOWARD THE HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL: Retrieving a Culture of Conciliarity and Communion

Rev. Dr. John Chryssavgis

Introduction: primacy and conciliarity in context

PROPOSAL FOR DEALING WITH THE UKRAINIAN ISSUE METROPOLITAN HIEROTHEOS OF NAFPAKTOS AND ST VLASSIOS

Proposal for Dealing with the Ukrainian Issue
Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos and St Vlassios
Translation of the Greek text: «Πρόταση γιά τήν ἀντιμετώπιση τοῦ Οὐκρανικοῦ ζητήματος»
Article in pdf

APOSTOLIC TRADITION AND APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION IN THE MYSTERY OF THE CHURCH

Ιερά Μητρόπολις Ναυπάκτου

Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos and St Vlassios

1970 LETTER FROM ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH ATHENAGORAS ON AUTOCEPHALY

1970 Letter from Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras on Autocephaly

orthodox history

THE NORTH AMERICAN ORTHODOX-CATHOLIC THEOLOGICAL CONSULTATION RELEASES NEW AGREED STATEMENT ON THE VOCATION AND MISSION OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD

 The North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation Releases New Agreed Statement on the Vocation and Mission of the People of God

ECUMENICAL DIALOGUE IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE CHURCH ΟF GREECE

Επίκαιρη και ιδιαίτερα διαφωτιστική είναι η μελέτη της Επίκ. Καθηγήτριας του Τμ. Θεολογίας της Θεολογικής Σχολής ΕΚΠΑ για την εκτίμηση της συμμετοχής της Εκκλησίας της Ελλάδος στους οικουμενικούς διαλόγους και την αξιολόγηση της πρόσφατης εξέλιξης στους κόλπους της Ιεραρχίας της Εκκλησίας της Ελλάδος με αφορμή τη σύγκληση της Αγίας και Μεγάλης Συνόδου της Ορθόδοξης Εκκλησίας.