LOI is delighted to be partnering with Sankt Ignatios College, Södertälje, Sweden for an international conference on worship and discipleship.
Details are below, and the PDF version of the call for papers can be downloaded here. Although the date for expressions of interest has passed, we are still interested in any ideas for papers that people have. Please write to Ralph Lee at lausanneorthodox@gmail.com or Grant White at grant.white@sanktignatios.org.
As violence escalates in Kiev and speads to other parts of Ukraine, church leaders within the country and outside have appealed for a peaceful settlement to the current crisis. Churches are also providing practical help. St. Michael’s Orthodox Church in Kiev (pictured) is now functioning as an emergency hospital. Sadly church leaders from different traditions…
Brad Nassif, a long-standing participant in the work of LOI, has just released another book, which is sure to be of interest to all who seek closer relations between the Evangelical and Orthodox traditions. It will be launched by St. Vladimir’s Seminary this Saturday (Oct 2) at an event in Cleveland, Ohio. Here is the…
I’ve not posted much lately, as we’ve been getting a newsletter up and running. (If you don’t receive it and would like to, get in touch.) But from 5-7 June 60 Orthodox and Evangelical leaders in mission, church, and school are gathering at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology near Boston, MA, for a…
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, will visit His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Istanbul today (13 January 2014). Archbishop Justin is from an Evangelical background (having worshipped for several years at Holy Trinity, Brompton, home of the Alpha Course). Responding warmly to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew’s invitation to visit he noted the important contributions His…
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….
There is much in the news about the revival at Asbury University in the US. The stories of students and staff being moved to repentance and worship are very moving. From the perspective of other Christian expressions these events may be viewed with some skepticism, and so we are grateful to Prof Paul Gavrilyuk, the…