Protopresbyter Anastasios Gotsopoulos
A solution to the emerging problem can exist, only with a revision of the tactics so far, with repentance, and at a pan-Orthodox level. At this last minute, may a substantial respect towards the synodical system, with respect for the Synodical decisions - which were voted on unanimously by the Hierarchies of the Local Churches – be the beginning.
Vyacheslav Nikonov
If there is no agreement, it is necessary to reach so in the few days that remain before the opening of the Pan-Orthodox Council. We need to hear and to negotiate, rather than trying to shout to achieve the obedience of other Churches.
Protopresbyter Theodore Zisis
Fr. Theodoros Zisis is Emeritus Professor of Patrology and former Chair of the Department of Pastoral and Social Theology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. In the video below Fr. Theodore, known as a staunch defender of traditional, patristic Orthodoxy, discusses the recent about-face of the Ecumenical Patriarchate with respect to the potential ecumenicity of the forthcoming Council. He demonstrates that until very recently the Ecumenical Patriarchate clearly held that the Great and Holy Council could potentially be an Ecumenical Council.
Met. Hierotheos Vlachos
Eventually, all of the dreams of the "Fathers" of this idea resulted in it becoming, not an Ecumenical Council, but a Holy and Great Council which is still unable to find its identity, tackling just six issues that are vague, untimely, without a clear cut goal, and some of which are detached from the tradition of the Fathers.
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On June 3, 2016 the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy announced the results of their second annual photo contest dedicated to the “Destruction of Monuments of Eastern Christianity.”