Orthodox scholars and hierarchs review decade since Holy and Great Council of Crete

An international conference examining the Holy and Great Council of Crete began in Chantilly, France, on Monday, 5 October, marking the tenth anniversary of the landmark Orthodox Church gathering.

The International Scientific Conference, titled The Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church (2016–2026): Assessment and Prospects, was organised by the Ecumenical Patriarchate and ran from 5 to 8 October.

The programme featured thematic sessions with presentations by hierarchs of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, abbots and abbesses, academics and cultural figures.

Opening day His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I opened the conference on Monday, while Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon welcomed participants on behalf of the Organising Committee.

Metropolitan Bartholomew of Smyrna of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Metropolitan Gregory of Cameroon of the Patriarchate of Alexandria, and Metropolitan Ignatios of Demetrias of the Church of Greece delivered presentations.

Jean-François Colosimo, director of the renowned Paris-based publishing house Éditions du Cerf and an Archon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, delivered a presentation entitled Primacy and Kenosis:…