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
Similar Posts
Opportunity for academic study in Ecumenics
The World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Institute in Bossey, Switzerland is inviting applications for its academic programmes in ecumenical studies, 2015-2016. This highly regarded institute offers a Complementary Certificate in Ecumenical Studies; a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Ecumenical Studies; and a Master of Advanced Studies in Ecumenical Studies. Ecumenical learning at the Institute…
LOI Board meets 13-15 January 2020
The LOI board is about to meet for its annual residential gathering, when much of our planning is done. Please pray for us, as this year we shall focus especially on what our future strategy should be. We want to be more than an agency which just holds an annual consultation, and there is so…
Resources treasury
With the second Lausanne-Orthodox Consultation now less than a month away a rich file of resources has been added to our LOI website. With deep gratitude to two of our Steering Committee members, Dr. Tim Grass and Dr. Danut Manastireanu, we have published several pages which list resources on Orthodox-Evangelical relations, how Orthodox Christians understand Evangelicalism…
New Syrian Orthodox Patriarch
In the week that the UN registered its one millioneth Syrian refugee the Syrian Orthodox Church has elected one of its Archbishops from the USA as the new Patriarch of Antioch and all the East. This follows the recent death of Patriarch Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas. The new head of the church, His Eminence…
New book on Evangelical mission in Moldova
Vladimir Ubeivolc, Rethinking Missio Dei among Evangelical Churches in an Eastern European Orthodox Context. Langham Monographs, 2016. Paperback, pp. xvi+320. ISBN 13: 978-1-78368-104-4 Reviewed by Dr Ralph Lee, School of Oriental and African Studies, London University; formerly Holy Trinity Theological College, Addis Ababa This welcome volume is a recent addition to the Langham Monographs which…
Fr. Thomas Hopko dies
The death has just been announced of an eminent Orthodox scholar who is widely read by evangelical as well as Orthodox students of mission. Rev. Dr. Thomas Hopko served as Dean of St. Vladimir’s seminary in New York after many years on the staff there but is probably best known to a wider audience through…