Ecumenical Patriarch: "The Holy and Great Synod revealed the power of theology as the iron arm of the Church"translated

The Ecumenical Patriarch, Mr. Bartholomew during the announcement of the opening of the International Scientific Conference on "The Holy and Great Synod of the Orthodox Church (2016-2026): Assessments and Prospects", whose work began on the afternoon of Monday, October 5 and will be completed next Thursday, October 8, in the city of Sant'Iggi, France.  His Beatitude the Archbishop of Albania, Mr. John. Ten years after the Holy and Great Synod, which convened in June 2016, in Crete, Hierarchs and clergy with an academic presence, University professors and researchers will have the opportunity to discuss that historical ecclesiastical event and the decisions taken.

Udolos touched upon synodical identity the absence of the four Churches His Holiness referred to these decisions in his speech. Bartholomew who also referred to the absence, at the last moment, of four Churches (Antioch, Russia, Bulgaria, Georgia) which did not...