‘On a Summoning of the Great Council’
In response to the “First Pre-Conciliar Conference” held in Chambesy, Switzerland (near Geneva) in November 1976, Archimandrite Dr. Justin Popovic composed “On A Summoning of the Great Council of the...
View ArticleArchbishop Hilarion Predicts ‘New Local Churches’
From Interfax: Archbishop Hilarion contemplates the establishment of new local Orthodox Churches Moscow, June 1, – Head of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations Archbishop...
View ArticleOn the ‘gradual consolidation of the Orthodox diasporas’
Comments from Russian Orthodox Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk on the pre-conciliar deliberations at Chambesy, Switzerland, which was to address, in part, “problems in the Orthodox diaspora.” In...
View ArticleOur Freedom Never Fully Realized
In 1981, the Very Rev. Leonidas C. Contos delivered a lecture titled “2001: The Church in Crisis.” Fr. Contos said the title was chosen because the American Orthodox Church had been in a crisis “for a...
View ArticleCommuniqué from Chambésy
Orthodox Report, a UK site, has a translation of the official French-language communiqué issued by the Fourth Pre-Conciliar Pan-Orthodox Conference that met June 6-12 in Chambesy, Switzerland, to...
View ArticleMoscow: No Episcopal ‘Monopoly’
More on the episcopal assemblies announced at the pre-conciliar meeting last week in Switzerland: “Anti-monopoly” proposals of the Moscow Patriarchate are taken into account in Chambesy Moscow, June...
View ArticleAsiaNews: ‘Historic’ decision in Chambésy
On the Roman Catholic site AsiaNews, Nat da Polis files a report on the Fourth Pre-Conciliar meeting of Orthodox hierarchs who assembled last week in Switzerland to discuss the problem of the...
View ArticleMoscow Patriarchate reports on Chambesy meeting
The Moscow Patriarchate has released a statement, in English, on the work of the all-Orthodox pre-conciliar meeting in Chambesy, Switzerland, earlier this month. The patriarchate explains how...
View ArticleOfficial Statement on the ‘Diaspora’ from the Chambesy Conference
THE FOURTH PRE-CONCILIAR PAN-ORTHODOX CONFERENCE The Orthodox Center of the Ecumenical Patriarchate Chambésy, 6-13 June 2009 THE ORTHODOX DIASPORA Decision The Fourth Pre-Conciliar Pan-Orthodox...
View ArticleAntiochian monasticism speaks to the current crisis…
From the Ochlophobist (one who has an aversion to crowds) website: The following is very important. It was written by Archim. Touma, who is said to be the most influential monastic under Antioch. He is...
View ArticleUnraveling Chambesy — Administrative Unity In Our Time
Our canons call for there to be one bishop in one place but here in America as well as other countries of the so called “diaspora” immigration and pastoral concerns have served to violate those canons....
View ArticleLocality, the Episcopate, and Canonicity: Reflections on the Recent...
Author: George Michalopulos ABSTRACT: In previous essays posted on this forum, the present author analyzed the formation of autocephalous churches, the role of the metropolitan and its role within the...
View ArticleGreek Socialists Seeking ‘Diaspora’ Talent
A roundup of news in the wake of the Socialists’ return to power in Greece: Greek Orthodox Archbishop Demetrios congratulated George Papandreou on his election victory in Greece. The Archbishop wished...
View ArticleEcumenical Patriarch Bartholomew sums up visit with Greek ‘diaspora’ in America
Turkey, Nov. 10, 2009 Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew referred to the great progress made by the Greek Diaspora in statements he made upon his return from a two-week visit to the United States....
View ArticleThe Bishops Are Coming To New York, As Complex Diaspora Question Looms
Read closely. What are the greatest fears? The autocephaly of the OCA (wild card) and the Ligonier Council (precedent). The times are changing folks. The lumbering bureaucratic structures that have...
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