Posted by George Patsourakos
on 6/15/2009, 10:03 pm
The Old World Orthodox Churches issued a communique on June 15, 2009, indicating they had agreed "to create new episcopal assemblies in some regions of the world to order the question of the Diaspora" at the Fourth Pre-Conciliar Pan-Orthodox Conference held in Chambesy, Switzerlans from June 6-12, 2009.
This agreement -- long sought by the Patriarch of Constantinople -- indicated that the "new episcopal assemblies" would be chaired by the "bishops of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the given region," and in their absence, "the bishops in accordance with the order of the Diptichs of the Churches."
The communique was issued in French, Greek, and Russian -- but not in English.
Delegates to the conference included representatives from several Eastern European and Middle East nations. There were no representatives from the actual "Diaspora" (North or South America, Asia, or Western Europe) -- nor from the Orthodox Church in America, or any of the autonomous Orthodox Churches.
For more details of the Pan-Orthodox Conference, and to read the communique, log onto the ocanews website.
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