The seventh meeting of the Joint Commissions of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia and of the Moscow Patriarchate meet in Moscow

On June 26, 2006, the Commissions on negotiations of the Moscow Patriarchate and of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia met at the offices of the Department of External Church Relations.

Participating in the Commission of the Moscow Patriarchate are: Archbishop Innokenty of Korsun, President of the Commission; Archbishop Evgeny of Verey, Protopriest Vladislav Tsypin, Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov) and Protopriest Nikolai Balashov, Secretary.

On the Commission of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia are: Archbishop Mark of Berlin and Germany, President; Bishop Ambroise (Cantacuzene); Archimandrite Luke (Murianka); Protopriest Alexander Lebedeff, Secretary; and Protopriest Nikolai Artemoff.

The meeting began with a luncheon organized by the President of the DECR of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad.

The Commissions will continue their work at this, the seventh, joint meeting. Previous meetings were held on: July 22-24, 2004, in Moscow; September 14-16, 2004, in Munich; November 17-19, 2004, in Moscow; March 2-4, 2005 near Paris; July 26-28, 2005, in Moscow, and February 17-20, 2006, in Nyack.

5/17/2007

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Being guided by the effort towards reestablishing blessed peace, Divinely-decreed love, and brotherly unity in the common work in the harvest-fields of God within the Fullness of the Russian Orthodox Church and her faithful in the Fatherland and abroad, taking into consideration the ecclesiastical life of the Russian diaspora outside the canonical borders of the Moscow Patriarchate, as dictated by history; Taking into account that the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia performs its service on the territories of many nations; By this Act declare: Metropolitan Laurus: Both Parts of the Russian Church are Preparedfor Frank and Constructive Dialog: Interfax Metropolitan Laurus: Both Parts of the Russian Church are Preparedfor Frank and Constructive Dialog: Interfax
His Eminence Metropolitan Laurus, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia Metropolitan Laurus: Both Parts of the Russian Church are Preparedfor Frank and Constructive Dialog: Interfax Metropolitan Laurus: Both Parts of the Russian Church are Prepared for Frank and Constructive Dialog: Interfax
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