Statement from His Eminence Archbishop Angaelos, co-chair of LOI, on the death of Queen Elizabeth II

As we prepare for the second Lausanne-Orthodox Initiative consultation (in Albania from 15-19 September 2014) we are posting today the third of our three background articles on conversion. This third article, originally published in the IBMR in 2004, is by Dr. Chris Wright and draws on his rich biblical research. To download the article click…

An Orthodox parish priest from North Carolina, USA, has just published a very interesting book on mission. Fr. Edward Rommen is the priest of Holy Tranfiguration Orthodox Church (within the Orthodox Church in America) in Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina as well as serving as adjunct professor at the Divinity School of Duke University. Having trained in…

The Conference of European Churches (CEC/KEK) have just announced that Fr. Heikki Huttunen, a member of the Finnish Orthodox Church and currently General Secretary of the Ecumenical Council of Finland, will be their next General Secretary. Fr. Heikki was an important participant in the recent LOI Consultation in Helsinki, as well as being one of our…

Professor Ioan Sauca of the Romanian Orthodox Church, and a key participant in the 2013 LOI consultation, has been appointed to a  very senior staff position in the World Council of Churches (WCC). Fr. Ioan, who is currently director of the WCC’s Ecumenical Institute in Bossey, is the new WCC associate general secretary for ecumenical formation and…

The Orthodox Mission Network (OMN) has just published its latest newsletter with information about Orthodox mission developments around the world.  They are able to report the printing of the first Orthodox book in the local language in Vietnam as well as other books in the Philippines. In Kenya work continues with a secondary school and in India…