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    STUDIA THEOLOGIA%20ORTHODOXA - Issue no. 1 / 2009  
         
  Article:   ETHIC UNITY OF THE ORIENTAL CHURCH. MESSAGE OF THE ORTHODOX WORLD’S LEADERS (OCTOBER 2008).

Authors:  RADU PREDA. 		 
       
         
  Abstract:  The meeting of the Orthodox world’s leaders, held in Constantinople, in October 2008, the second one of this new millennium, may be rightly called an event. On one side, within the context of the still bleeding wounds of history, to which new ones are added, such a meeting, presided by the Ecumenical Patriarch and having among the participants the Patriarch of Russia, was considered not likely to be held. On the other side, faced with the extraordinary challenges of the present, the Orthodoxy had to give a signal, to address to their believers a clarifying message. In other words, in spite of a week canonical unity, the Eastern Church has proved at least its ethical unity, based in its turn on the dogmatic and liturgical unity. The present article reviews the main crisis situations which question the Orthodox unity. Then, we focus on the social and pastoral context of the countries where Orthodoxy is of a majority; last, but not least, we argue on the meaning and the importance of the message of October 2008. The translation of this message into Romanian is given in the addendum.

Keywords: Orthodoxy, Unity, Ecumenical Patriarch, Patriarch of Russia, Ethics, Social Theology 		 
         
     
         
         
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