wfn.org | ECUMENICAL: Anglican-Orthodox informal talks

[a.whitefield@quest.org.uk]

Title; ECUMENICAL: Anglican-Orthodox informal talks
May 30, 1997
ANGLICAN COMMUNION NEWS SERVICE
Canon Jim Rosenthal, Director of Communicatons
Anglican Communion Office
London, England

[97.5.4.2] 

ECUMENICAL: Anglican-Orthodox informal talks

(ACNS) The Anglican-Orthodox informal talks took place in Istanbul from
9 to 11 May. Anglican representatives were invited to the meeting by the
Ecumenical Patriarchate, His All Holiness Bartholomaios 1. The Anglican
representatives included the Rt Revd Mark Dyer, the Anglican Co-Chair of
the meeting; the Rt Revd Edward Holland, the Bishop of Colchester; Canon
John L Peterson, Secretary General of the Anglican Consultative Council;
the Revd Canon Dr Richard Marsh, Ecumenical Officer of the Archbishop of
Canterbury; and the Revd Canon David Hamid, Director of Ecumenical
Affairs for the ACO. Representatives of the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical
Patriarchate also attended the meeting.

Discussions at the meeting were wide-ranging. Anglicans shared their
plans for the ecumenical work of the forthcoming Lambeth Conference.
There were also discussions on the filioque clause, the World Council of
Churches review process and a common dating for Easter.