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The Holy and Great Council – Communication of the Church Message

The Ecumenical Review, 2020
AbstractThe article examines the impressions of observers about the Holy and Great Council in Crete in 2016 that have been most discussed, above all a strong competition between national churches and their leaders, and an enormous discrepancy between the agendas seen as urgent by hierarchs and by laypeople.
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The Great and Holy Council and the Orthodox Churches in the Public Sphere

2020
This paper explores how the Orthodox churches may be actively present in the public sphere of a plural society. It argues – based on the explicit desire of the Orthodox Church in the Great and Holy Council of Crete (2016) – that the presence of the Orthodox Church in the public sphere must be theologically informed and at the same time sensitive to the
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The Mission of the Church in the Contemporary World in Light of the Decisions of the Holy and Great Council

The Ecumenical Review, 2020
AbstractThis article discusses the place of mission in the Orthodox Church. The document “The Mission of the Orthodox Church in Today's World,” which was approved by the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church held in Crete in 2016, is still in the process of reception, as are the other documents, but it constitutes, without doubt, a new era in ...
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The Ecumenical Significance of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church

The Ecumenical Review, 2017
AbstractFrom 20 to 26 June 2016, following a century of preparatory work, the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church met on the island of Crete. Among the various documents agreed by the council, the most controversial before, during, and after the council was the one on “The Relations of the Orthodox Church with the Rest of the Christian World.”
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Reading the Document on Mission of the Holy and Great Council from a Missiological Point of View

International Review of Mission, 2017
AbstractPromulgation of the document on mission by the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church in Crete in June 2016 ensures an enduring place for mission in the future shape of Orthodoxy. After discussion of the methodological limitations of the document, this article explores the process by which it was prepared, the range of reactions to it ...
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Where the Spirit Dwells: Reflections on “The Encyclical of the Recent Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church” through an Eastern-European Pentecostal Lens

Journal of World Christianity, 2021
ABSTRACT The present article looks at the Encyclical of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church (Crete, 2016) and its implications for ecumenical relations between Orthodox and Classical Pentecostals. The text reflects on the Encyclical through an Eastern-European Pentecostal perspective, engaging its inherent ecclesiological ...
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The Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church and Interreligious Dialogue

The Ecumenical Review, 2020
AbstractThis article examines how, through a pan‐Orthodox synodical decision, the Orthodox Church has for the first time officially asserted its obligation to enter into dialogue with people of other cultures and religious beliefs and emphasized the value of serious and clear interreligious dialogue to promote mutual trust, peace, and reconciliation ...
Stylianos Tsompanidis, Angeliki Ziaka
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The Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church: A Roman Catholic Appraisal

Journal of World Christianity, 2021
ABSTRACT The article appraises from the Catholic perspective the document titled “The Relations of the Orthodox Church with the Rest of the Christian World.” It begins by giving a brief overview of the relations between the Catholic Church and the Othodox Church up to the Second Vatican Council (1962–65) as the immediate context to ...
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The Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church and the Religious Education

2022
Η Αγία και Μεγάλη Σύνοδος της Ορθοδόξου Εκκλησίας (2016) απετέλεσε το τέρμα και τον σκοπό μιας μακράς προ-συνοδικής περιόδου, η οποία ξεκίνησε επισήμως στις αρχές του 20ου αιώνα. Η σύγκληση της εν λόγω Συνόδου, έναν σχεδόν αιώνα μετά τις πρώτες σχετικές προσπάθειες, υπήρξε αδιαμφισβήτητα το σπουδαιότερο εκκλησιαστικό γεγονός των τελευταίων αιώνων ...
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The (Holy and Great) Council of the Orthodox Churches: An Ecumenical Perspective

The Ecumenical Review, 2017
AbstractFrom 19 to 26 June 2016, the first Pan‐Orthodox Council for more than a thousand years took place in Crete, although the Orthodox churches of Russia, Georgia, Bulgaria, and Antioch, for various reasons, did not participate. This article offers an assessment, from an ecumenical perspective, of the preparation and results of the council, and ...
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