Council of Crete embraces outward-looking leadership
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Russia's influence seen behind the scenes
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29 June 2016 Charles Camosy (RNS) The Great and Holy Council of the Eastern Orthodox churches concluded Sunday (June 26). There was no shortage of controversy leading up to the council. The...
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Ecumenical Patriarchate Press Release
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24 June 2016 During the Holy & Great Council, The Wheel secured an exclusive interview with the Rev. Dr. John Chryssavgis, Archdeacon of the Ecumenical Throne, theological advisor to the...
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24 June 2016 Sr. Vassa Larin “And he took bread, and when he had given thanks he broke it and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’...
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Ταξίδεψαν από τη Γερμανία για να δουν τον Οικουμενικό Πατριάρχη
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Ecumenical Patriarchate Press Release
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Despite the absence of Eastern Orthodoxy’s largest component, the Russian Orthodox Church, the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s spokesman tells the Register such councils might be convened frequently.
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Statement of representatives of the Serbian Orthodox Church on behalf of young theologians, Orthodox youth from Serbia and the US on fasting
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Bulgarian professor: Russia wants to divide the Orthodox Christian world
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23 June 2016 Read Sinodo pan-ortodosso la missione nel mondo contemporaneo
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23 June 2016 Andrea Riccardi Read In Assemblea a Creta Il Concilio Ortodosso Monco, Ma Importante
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Ecumenical Patriarchate Press Release
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22 June 2016 Mary Harris Read Patriarch Bartholomew Asserts Church of Greece Jurisdiction at Holy Synod
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Panorthodoxes Konzil setzt Beratungen fort Kirchenautonomie und Diasporasituation
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22 Ιούν 2016 Σε μια κρίσιμη στιγμή για την πορεία και την εξέλιξη της Μεγάλης Συνόδου των Δέκα Ορθοδόξων Εκκλησιών, ο εκπρόσωπος του Οικουμενικού Πατριαρχείου, π. Ιωάννης Χρυσαυγής απαντά σε...
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Decisões do Concílio serão "vinculantes", diz porta-voz do Patriarcado Ecumênico
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Concilio pan ortodosso: entrati nel vivo i lavori. Padre John Chryssavgis, “la Chiesa non può più rimanere fuori dal mondo”
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Interview with Archdeacon John Chryssavgis, theological advisor to Patriarch Bartholomew and director of communications at the Council in Crete
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