This article is significant in pointing to Metropolitan Kallistos’ key role in ecumenical relations for which LOI is very grateful: TRUE MAN: KALLISTOS OF OXFORD AS ORTHODOXY’S FIRST UNIVERSAL TEACHER OF THE GLOBAL AGE
This article is significant in pointing to Metropolitan Kallistos’ key role in ecumenical relations for which LOI is very grateful: TRUE MAN: KALLISTOS OF OXFORD AS ORTHODOXY’S FIRST UNIVERSAL TEACHER OF THE GLOBAL AGE
Today we launched a programme mentoring young leaders in LOI. A group of Evangelical and Orthodox leaders from around the world joined some board members, and shared what they are doing to engage across the traditions. Irini Pantellou and Grace al-Zoughbi didn’t make it but they are also part of this group. You will see…
The Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide (CCCW; https://www.cccw.cam.ac.uk/) is seeking to appoint a Director to serve from January 2018. Applications are invited by 19 October 2017 from candidates who wish to promote the understanding of and engagement with Christian mission and World Christianity. This is an excellent opportunity for a creative and enterprising individual with a strong…
Tekle Belachew, an Evangelical leader in Ethiopia and a participant in the Lausanne-Orthodox Initiative offers his observations on last month’s Temqat festival within the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. “On January 19, 2016 (Terr 11, 2008 in Ethiopian calendar), Temqat (Timket) Epiphany celebrated in Ethiopia publicly by the riverbank or pond. “Temqat in Gondar” is particularly colorful…
On April 12, LOI held an online discussion on Bradley Nassif’s new book The Evangelical Theology of the Orthodox Church. Fr Dragos Herescu a Romanian Orthodox parish priest and director of the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies, Cambridge, UK, Dr Danut Manastireanu, a Romanian Anglican theologian discussed with the author, Dr Bradley Nassif, a leading academic…
“The Lausanne-Orthodox Initiative continues to be an inspiring and unique ecumenical dialogue” say joint report authors Dr James Stamoolis and Fr Eric Tosi. They go on to say, “the impact is on a personal level; person to person, community to community, two different Christian traditions reconciling with each other after years of mistrust and misunderstanding….
On 29 August 2015 Christians from at least three denominations met at what used to be a Jewish temple, Temple Beth Emet, now home to Emanuel Romanian Church of God, marking the first ever conference of the Society For Interdenominational Dialogue (SID). The event, held under the banner “The Relevance of God’s Word in a Postmodern…