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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Youth engage
The Lausanne-Orthodox consultation, gathered at St. Vlash monastery, Albania, was ‘invaded’ today by one hundred young people. At the invitation of the LOI 50 Orthodox and 50 Evangelical youth gathered to listen to Mr. Austin McCaskill of the Albanian Encouragement Project (ECP) and His Grace Bishop Angaelos of the Coptic Church (UK) This was followed by lively…
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…
Course on Christianity released for Bulgarian schools
We have just received news from Ventislaz and Zlatina Karavaltcheva (Bulgarian Orthodox missionaries who have worked previously in Georgia and Ukraine) that the first stage of an imprtant reseource for Bulgarian schools has been released. This year nearly 2,000 first graders in Sofia and other parts of Bulgaria will have the opportunity to learn the basic…
Archbishop of Canturbury calls for unity in Easter hope
In his Easter address to the wider Christian community the Archbishop of Canterbury draws on the repeated phrase from the opening of the Byzantine liturgy, “Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep” to offer hope where Christians are persecuted today. Archbishop Justin Welby speaks specifically about…
A Message from His Holiness Patriarch Matthias I
During our recent gathering in Addis Ababa, we were delighted to receive the following message of greeting from His Holiness Patriarch Matthias I, head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. In the name of the Father, the Son and of the Holy Sprit, One God, Amen! “Behold how good and pleasant it is when brothers…
Filioque – Spicing up the Trinity
One of the key note speakers from the 2013 Lausanne-Orthodox Consultation, Dr. Brad Nassif, has an article in the current edition of Christianity Today on the unlikely topic of the Filioque – the subject of theological debate for over 1,500 years. By reflecting on his grandmother’s recipe for humus, Nassif suggests that this debate might not…