Archive for October 19th, 2009

OBL Article Blog Updated (2009-10-19)

New Items added to OBL Article Blog
“Why I Abandoned Papism” by Bishop Paul Ballaster-Convolier
Transubstantiation or Consubstantiation
Icons at Holy Trinity are ‘windows of heaven’
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Announcement by the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece regarding the Dialogues with the Latins (2009-10-19)

The Holy Synod is stating that the synodical system must be respected and the hierarchs must be regularly informed of the events and progress in the dialogue (which was not happening until now). The document in Ravenna and the one to be produced in Cyprus must first pass through the hierarchy of the Churches and [...]

A letter by the clergy to the Hierarchy of the Church of Greece concerning the letter by the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (2009-10-19)

8 October 2009
To the Venerable Hierarchy of the Church of Greece
Your Beatitude,
Most Reverend holy Hierarchs,
These last few days, in view of the upcoming Plenary Meeting in Cyprus of the Joint Commission for the Theological Dialogue between Orthodox and Roman Catholics, an attempt is being made by the Ecumenical Patriarchate to [...]

Protest over Orthodox/Catholic dialogue (2009-10-19)

MEMBERS of Orthodox Christian unions along with clerics and monks yesterday disrupted a Paphos conference between Orthodox and Catholic Christians.
The unions, monks from Stavrovouni monastery and Larnaca clerics were protesting against the conference and demanding that Archbichop Chrysostomos II cancel it.
It was day one of the conference of the Joint Commission for the Theological Dialogue [...]

Patriarchal Divine Liturgy and departure from Georgia (2009-10-19)

OCA Delegation Visit to Georgia
On Sunday, October 18, 2009, His Beatitude, Metropolitan JONAH of All America and Canada had the opportunity to once again concelebrate the Patriarchal Divine Liturgy led by His Holiness and Beatitude, ILIA II Archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, this time at the Holy Trinity Cathedral on [...]