Greeting of Elder Chalcedon Emmanuel at the International Scientific Conference for the Holy and Great Synodtranslated

In the context of the International Scientific Conference on "The Holy and Great Synod of the Orthodox Church (2016-2026): Assessments and Prospects", he spoke, addressing a greeting on behalf of the organizing committee. The greeting in detail:

Your Holiness Despot,

Your Grace,

Dear delegates,

Ten years. So much was accomplished last June from the day on which, on Pentecost Sunday 2016, the Prelates and the representatives of ten Orthodox Autocephalous Churches, gathered for the future Theotokos Holiness, began for the Divine Liturgy the work of the Holy and Great Synod of the Orthodox Church. The sessions at the Orthodox Academy of Crete, in Kolymbari, followed, where the texts were discussed, modified at certain points and approved. For the history of the Church, a decade is a minimum time. It is enough, however, to see what he has done and what is still waiting.

The Synod of Crete has a long prehistory, longer than we usually remember. The 1st Pan-Orthodox Conference of Rhodes, convened in 1961 by the venerable Patriarch Athenagoras, drew up the list of topics, the 1st Pre-Synod...