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A reminder that booking is still open for the second event in this series, looking at our journeys towards greater mutual understanding. It takes place on Tuesday, 13 July,at 4.30 pm UK time. For more information, go to https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/orthodox-and-evangelical-journeys-ii-tickets-159874042565.
New doctoral thesis on the Fellowship of St Alban and St Sergius
The Fellowship of St Alban and St Sergius has provided many in the English-speaking world with an excellent meeting-point for Christians from Eastern and Western traditions, and in particular between Orthodox and Anglicans. A new Ph.D. thesis by Dimitrios Salapatas, a student at the University of Winchester, outlines and evaluates the bridge-building work of the Fellowship….
Assessing Orthodox Engagement with the Ecumenical Movement
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Solidarity with Christians in the Middle East
“We are seeing an extreme religious ideology that knows no limits in its persecution of those who are culturally or religiously different.” says a statement this week from church leaders in the UK. The meeting of leaders from Middle Eastern churches and many others was conveened at Lambeth palace by Anglican Archbishop, Rt. Rev. Justin…
What future for Syriac Christians?
Lapidomedia have today published an article on the future of the church in Syria by David Knowles based on an interview with a young Syrian Christian refugee now living in Canada. Although not all commentators on this region would agree with his analysis, Knowles article is worth reading as we pray for the future of the…
500 Years of the Protestant Reformation
I couldn’t let this anniversary pass without some reference here. It was on 31 October 1517 that Martin Luther is said to have published his protest against the abuses evident in the church of his day, the ‘Ninety-Five Theses’. Churches and ecumenical bodies around the world have been marking the anniversary this year, and some…