(Fordham) Friday, June 26 – Saturday, June 27, 2015 In 2016, the leaders of the autocephalous Orthodox Churches from around the world will gather at the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople/Istanbul for a much discussed and anticipated Council.Complete article here.
This conference is a series of papers, panel discussions, and a research poster competition addressing several themes from the Agenda for the Great and Holy Council:
His Eminence Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia will present the Florovsky Lecture, the keynote of the conference. A scholar at the University of Oxford who lectures throughout the world, Metropolitan Kallistos resonates equally with laypersons and clerics, on both timeless mysteries and urgent contemporary concerns...
- Autocephaly and Diaspora
- The Canonical Impediments to Marriage
- Ecumenical Relations
- The Contribution of the Orthodox Church to the Realization of Justice, Freedom, Brotherhood, and Love among Peoples
- Fasting regulations
Sunday, May 3, 2015
Conference in Preparation for the Great and Holy Council
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Well, It is hard not to say something sarcastic about the "research poster competition"...really really hard...;)
ReplyDeleteAs usual, bishop Kallistos will be there. Interesting that they played up his "climate panic" credentials. The bulleted list looks like (excepting the first one) looks like a dream list of what I will call "progressive" Orthodox for lack of a better term at the moment.
Question: What is exactly is meant by "Canonical Impediments" to marriage??