LOI co-chair, Archbishop Angaelos of London, talks of Queen Elizabeth II, her faith and her interest in building relationships across difficult boundaries
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Jetlag and Interviews
Tim was in Chicago from 19-26 April for a week’s meetings about LOI, and he and others were interviewed by John Maddex for an Ancient Faith Radio podcast. You can listen to it at: http://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/features/the_lausanne_orthodox_initiative. The group planning our consultations had a productive day advancing preparations not only for this year’s gathering in Cambridge but…
LOI Board meets, plans for future
The Coptic Church Centre at Stevenage in England was, as usual, the venue for the annual residential meeting of the LOI Board. The main item we discussed was next year’s consultation, scheduled for 5-8 June at Holy Cross Orthodox Seminary near Boston. The theme is ‘Discipleship’, following on from the upcoming CWME gathering in Tanzania….
A Conversation on The Evangelical Theology of the Orthodox Church, 12th April
In our series of ‘journeys’ events we have organised a conversation about Bradley Nassif’s new book The Evangelical Theology of the Orthodox Church. The event will be held on zoom, on Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at 16:30 BST (11:30 EST). The conversation will be between two of our board members: Fr Dragos Herescu, Principal of the…
Consultation begins in Helsinki this week
As the third international Lausanne-Orthodox Initiative consultation begins in Helsinki, Finland on Tuesday this week, the Steering Committee request pray for all those attending. The theme of this year’s consultation is “The Gospel as Good News“. The sixty three Evangelical and Orthodox participants will be gathering from countries as far apart as Ghana, Syria, USA,…
John Tavener dies
Sir John Tavener, the internationally acclaimed Orthodox composer, died today aged 69. Tavener was best known for his religious music, and joined the Russian Orthodox Church in 1977. His Orthodox faith and the rituals of the church exerted a huge influence on his work. He was however much appreciated by Christians from other traditions and his…
Mission textbook launched
Metropolitan Geevarghese Coorilos (pictured second from right), who is a regular supporter of the Lausanne-Orthodox Initiative and will participate in the next regional consultation in Ethiopia, took part last week in the launch of a new ecumenical textbook on mission. The launch was part of the Central Committee meeting of the World Council of Churches…