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Arrival in St. Vlash
Last night Archbishop Jeronymos of Mwanza, Grace Mathews and Mark Oxbrow arrived at St. Vlash monastery. For those of you still on the way here I can tell you it is a very beautiful location with the cathedral, a place of prayer, at the heart of everything. At the liturgy this morning we prayed for you all…
Evangelical Assembly cancelled
In a shock statement today the World Evangelical Alliance has announced the cancellation of its planned global Assembly in October this year. The global community of Evangelicals have been planning for several years to meet in Seoul, South Korea, bringing together up to 7,000 particpants under the theme “Following Jesus Christ into the World”. Today’s statement…
In a time of pandemic, is inter-church co-operation a luxury?
Most of us will be spending a lot of our time responding to the immediate issues thrown up by the coronavirus pandemic. That may involve pastoral care of church members, practical assistance in our local communities, and an awful lot of online meetings! If you are anything like me, however, you are probably also beginning…
Another Tribute to Metropolitan Kallistos from the Orthodox Christian Studies Center of Fordham University
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
Jetlag and Interviews
Tim was in Chicago from 19-26 April for a week’s meetings about LOI, and he and others were interviewed by John Maddex for an Ancient Faith Radio podcast. You can listen to it at: http://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/features/the_lausanne_orthodox_initiative. The group planning our consultations had a productive day advancing preparations not only for this year’s gathering in Cambridge but…
Praying for LOI
Prayer is key to the work of the Lausanne-Orthodox Initiative. We would like to remind all those committed to this initiative that we value your prayers and provide regular prayer requests on our website. Please do visit our prayer page regularly, use the short prayer requests there and also encourage your church and others to…