LOI had the wonderful opportunity to facilitate a meeting between Evangelical and Orthodox church leaders in Volos last year. This was made possible by the deep friendship between Metropolitan Ignatios of Volos and Meletis Meletiadis who pastors the Evangelical church in Volos. You can read more about their work together in bringing Good News to people in Volos here.
LOI’s 2017 consultation begins tomorrow, 5 September. For the programme, go to: https://loimission.net/loi-2017/. We eagerly anticipate a feast of good things, but we also want it to issue in practical action. We hope to make some of the papers available after the consultation, and will also post a full report. Please remember us in your prayers….
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…
Father Ioan Sauca (centre of picture), a key member of the Lausanne-Orthodox Initiative Steering Committee has been awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa by the Transylvanian Babes Bolyai University in Cluj Napoca, Romania. Fr. Ioan serves as associate general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and director of the Ecumenical Institute at…
LOI co-chair, Archbishop Angaelos of London, talks of Queen Elizabeth II, her faith and her interest in building relationships across difficult boundaries
As Orthodox Christians of the Eastern family (as distinct from the Oriental Orthodox Churches) prepare for their Holy and Great Synod in Crete this coming June a new book has been published which calls for even greater unity within the Orthodox community. In The Orthodox Dilemma: Personal Reflections on Global Christian Conciliar Unity, George Alexander, the…
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….