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With
the Grace of God, a great Inter-Orthodox Deliberation of the Genuine
Orthodox Churches of Greece, the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad and
Romania took place in which Hierarchs, Presbyters, Deacons and Lay
representatives took part, totaling forty people. The Deliberation took
place in Acharnes, Attica on Thursday May 13/26, 2016 at the invitation
of His Beatitude Archbishop Kallinikos of Athens and all Greece from 10
am until 7 pm. His Eminence, Metropolitan Agafangel, First-Hierarch
of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad came from Ukraine, Archbishop
George of Kishinev came from the Republic of Moldova, and three
Hierarchs came from Romania: Bishops Sofronie of Suceava, Glicherie of
Iaşi, and Evloghie of Sibiu.
From the Church of the Genuine
Orthodox Christians of Greece, the following Hierarchs were present:
Their Eminences Metropolitans Gerontios of Piraeus and Salamis,
Chrysostomos of Attica and Boeotia, Gregory of Thessalonica, Photios of
Demetrias, Moses of Toronto, Demetrius of America, Cyprian of Oropos and
Phyle; Their Eminences Bishops Ambrose of Philippi, Silvano of Luni,
and Auxentios of Etna and Portland, and Their Graces Bishops Ambrose of
Methone and Clement of Gardikion. The Remaining Metropolises and
Dioceses of Greece within and without Greece were represented by their
Locum Tenentes Hierarchs and by Clergy and Laity.
The Secretariat
of the Deliberation was made up of Their Eminences, Metropolitans
Photios of Demetrias, Cyprian of Oropos and Phyle, and His Grace Bishop
Clement of Gardikion.
The Deliberation had as its aim the study
and extensive consultation on two important documents on which full
agreement was reached: a) "The Confession of Faith of the Genuine
Orthodox Christian" with a view to be adopted as a common Inter-Orthodox
Declaration against Ecumenism, and b) "True Orthodoxy in Opposition to
the Heresy of Syncretistic Ecumenism."
These documents, which
will soon be published, and especially the second document are directly
related to the so-called Great Council of the Ecumenists, which will
take place in Crete around Holy Pentecost (June 6/19, 2016).
The
Deliberation had the clear and deep awareness that it is preparing the
groundwork for a Great Pan-Orthodox Council of True Orthodoxy, which
will confront the Pan-Heresy of Syncretistic Ecumenism based on the
Synodal Tradition.
At the Deliberation the reasons were examined
for which it is not possible in any way to consider the convocation of a
Synod of Ecumenists to be Great or Holy. There was also a chronological
retelling of the so-called Ecumenical Movement's path of apostasy which
appeared in the beginning of the 20th century; how it has gone through
many stages and has already reached its peak in our days.
The
historic and very important Pan-Orthodox Deliberation was conducted
within a climate of mutual respect, mutual understanding, concord and a
spirit of peace, pure zeal and love in Christ.
From the Secretariat of the Pan-Orthodox Deliberation
Greek Text and Photos
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