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Georgian Church Decides not to Participate in Pan-Orthodox Council
Interfax ^ | 6/10/16

Posted on 06/10/2016 6:31:34 AM PDT by marshmallow

Tbilisi, June 10, Interfax - The Georgian Orthodox Church will not participate in the Pan-Orthodox Council in Crete which is slated for June 16-27.

"This decision was adopted during today's session of the Holy Synod of the Georgian Orthodox Church in which the Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of All Georgia participated," the report of the Georgian Patriarchate said.

Ilia II said in February that the Holy Synod rejected the document 'The relation of the Orthodox Church towards the rest of the Christian world' which was prepared for discussion at the Pan-Orthodox Council.

The Synod also opposed a number of other documents prepared for the Council.


TOPICS: Current Events; Ministry/Outreach; Orthodox Christian
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1 posted on 06/10/2016 6:31:34 AM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

good move this pan-orthodox is nonsense


2 posted on 06/10/2016 6:43:28 AM PDT by thesligoduffyflynns (Shrimp Egg Foo Young- A tasty dish! gravy on the side please)
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To: marshmallow

Not much here to go on. I will ask my friends there if they know anything.


3 posted on 06/10/2016 6:53:23 AM PDT by MarMema (`)
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To: marshmallow

At this point, the only pans who might show up are Peter, fry, and the guy with the pipes.

If the Orthodox cannot join together in Christian unity, who can?


4 posted on 06/10/2016 6:55:04 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: marshmallow

Serbians - out
Bulgarians - out
Georgians - out
Antiochian Orthodox - out

What if the Orthodox held a council and no one came?


5 posted on 06/10/2016 10:31:24 AM PDT by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: vladimir998
Assuming, as appears to be case, that there is no urgent need for a Council, then I'd say the Holy Spirit may well be at work here. We shall see what comes of this. My guess is that there will eventually be a meeting of some kind. But not until some serious issues are addressed. Antioch has very real and legitimate grievances with one of its sister churches and some of the proposed documents are seriously flawed in their wording. Other concerns raised seem rather trivial to me. But IMHO those two are going to have to be addressed before this thing goes forward. A short delay of six months or so to allow for fixes does not seem unreasonable.
6 posted on 06/10/2016 10:58:29 AM PDT by NRx
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