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Orthodox-Anglican student swap?
The Ecumenical Patriarch said today he hoped for a continuing exchange of Orthodox and Anglican students to aid the two Churches’ relationship. His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew was speaking today during his welcome of the Anglican Communion’s spiritual head Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby. He said, “In the past, the rapprochement between our two Churches…
With the passing of Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durrës, and All Albania (1929-2025) LOI has lost a friend
With the passing of Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durrës, and All Albania (1929-2025), the Lausanne-Orthodox Initiative (LOI) has lost a cherished friend. It is with profound sadness that we received the news of Archbishop Anastasios’s passing. Tributes are coming from across the globe, reflecting the widespread admiration and respect he garnered throughout his life. Archbishop…
Grace al-Zoughbi: Today’s Arab Women Theologians Have Plenty of Past Exemplars
A good friend of LOI recently published a fascinating article on some significant women in the history of the churches of the Middle East. Please take a look at here.
Call for Papers. Orthodoxy and Evangelicalism: Contemporary Issues in Global Perspective
Brad Nassif and Tim Grass have been invited to guest-edit a special issue of an online academic journal, Religions (ISSN 2077-1444) on the theme ‘Orthodoxy and Evangelicalism: Contemporary Issues in Global Perspective’. Since the 1990s, the Eastern Orthodox and Protestant Evangelical communities have had more direct contacts with each other than at any other time. This…
Abuna Antonios of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewadedo Church passes away
On the 9th of February 2022 Abuna Antonios, the third Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, passed away. Born on July 12, 1927, in Himberti, to the north of Asmara, the Eritrean capital, Abuna Antonios began his traditional church education from the age of 5 at the Debre Tsege Abuna Endrias monastery. There he…