Browsing: Synaxis of Hierarchs of the Ecumenical Throne

Source: Peter Anderson, Seattle USA The meeting of the Synaxis of Hierarchs of the Ecumenical Throne was held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Istanbul, September 1-3.  This meeting, which is held every three years, included more than one hundred bishops of the Ecumenical Patriarchate from throughout the world.  At the beginning of the Synaxis, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew gave an address.   https://ec-patr.org/%e1%bc%90%ce%bd%ce%b1%cf%81%ce%ba%cf%84%ce%ae%cf%81%ce%b9%ce%bf%cf%82-%e1%bd%81%ce%bc%ce%b9%ce%bb%ce%af%ce%b1-%cf%84%e1%bf%86%cf%82-%ce%b1-%ce%b8-%cf%80%ce%b1%ce%bd%ce%b1%ce%b3%ce%b9%cf%8c-3/  The following are some of his observations:  A major problem in this connection is the anthropological and moral confusion about the essentials of life, even among Christians.  It is self-evident that we are concerned with the division of Christianity…