10th Annual Meeting of the Holy Clergy of the Holy Metropolis of Belgium: "Orthodoxy between fundamentalism and relativism"translated

From October 28 to 30, 2026, the 10th annual three-day meeting of the holy clergy of the Holy Metropolis of Belgium and the Exarchate of the Netherlands and Luxembourg took place in the city of La Roche-en-Ardenne, Belgium, under the presidency of His Eminence the Metropolitan of Belgium Mr. Athenagoras. For three days, clergy from Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg gathered in an atmosphere of prayer, fraternity and ecclesial unity, in order to discuss important theological and pastoral issues that concern the Orthodox Church today.

This year's theme was "Orthodoxy between fundamentalism and relativism" and was a continuation of the discussions at the previous Synaxis, which had as its theme the reception and integration of new believers into the Orthodox Church.

The main question was how the Church can remain faithful to its Tradition, without being led neither to excessive strictness and religious fanaticism nor to the perception that everything is relative and that there is no fixed truth.

The three invited speakers were the Theophilus Bishop of Argyroupolis, Mr. Ambrosios, from the Holy Metropolis of Germany, the Panosiologian Hieromonk Antipas...