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XVI International Ecumenical Conference
The community wishes to thank all who made this fraternal meeting between Christians of all the Churches possible
XVI International Ecumenical Conference
on Orthodox Spirituality
SPIRITUAL PATERNITY
Bose, 18-21 September 2008
Bose, 22 September 2008
The Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomeos I, and the delegate Bishop Athenagoras of Sinope
The Patriarch of Moscow Alexis II (and the Metropolitan Kirill, president of the Department for the External Relations) with the members of the delegation: Bishop Savvatij of ?eboksarsk, Fr Pavel Khondzinsky and Fr Georgij Sergeev of the Department for the External Relations, Fr Gerasim Djachkov, assistant of the Dean of the Theological Academy of Moscow, and the hieromonk Daniil Vasilenko of the same Theological Academy.
The represented Churches:
- The Patriarchate of Constantinople
- The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Italy attached to the Ecumenical Patriarchate (Archimandrite Athenagoras, sent by Metropolitan Gennadios)
- The Patriarchate of Antioch
- The Ukranian Orthodox Church (Bishop Philipp of Poltava and Kremen?ug, sent by His Beatitude Volodimir, Metropolitan of Kiev)
- The Belarusian Orthodox Church
- The Patriarchate of Serbia (Fr David Perovic, sent by the Holy Synod, and Fr Vasilije Grolimund)
- The Patriarchate of Romania (Metropolitan Seraphim of Germany)
- The Patriarchate of Bulgaria (Bishop Grigorij of Veliko Tarnovo and Bishop Kiprian of Traianopol and the delegation from the Theological Faculty of Sòfia)
- The Church of Greece (Bishop Ioannis of Thermopyli)
- The Church of Georgia (Fr Khakaber Kurtanidze)
- The Apostolic Armenian Church (Fr Karen Karamyan, delegate of the Highest Catholikòs Garekìn)
- The Church of England (Can. Hugh Wybrew)
- The Old Catholic Church of Netherlands (Fr Harald Muench)
- The Coptic Church (Fr Antonio, Fr Andrea and Fr Pacomio from Milan)
and in particular:
- Card. Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of State, who sent the blessing of the Holy Father Benedict XVI
- Card. Achille Silvestrini, Emerit Prefect of the Congregation of the Oriental Churches
- The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (its President the Cardinal Walter Kasper who sent the Secretary Mgr Brian Farrell and Fr Milan Žust of the same Council)
- Mgr Gabriele Mana, Bishop of Biella, and Mgr Massimo Giustetti, Emerit Bishop of Biella
- Mgr Arrigo Miglio, Bishop of Ivrea, Secretary of the Piedmont Bishops' Conference
- The World Council of Churches
- Syndesmos, Association of the Orthodox Youth, with his General Secretary Spyros Tsimouris.
- Mount Sinai (Fr Grigorios, Saint Catherine Monastery)
- Trinity of St Serge Lavra
- Grodno: Monastery of the Nativity of the Theotokos (Mother Gavriila)
- Monastery of the Nativity in Vladimir
- Caves Lavra in Kiev
- Diocese of Murmansk
- Church of Greece (Prèveza, Kardìtza, Volos, Tyras-Santorini)
- Church of Serbia (Kovil)
- Romania (Mother Maria Magdalena from Iasi)
- Belgium (Chevetogne, Wavreumont, Ermeton)
- France (La Pierre-qui-Vire, St. Benoit sur Loire, St. Antoine le Grand, Nice, Aubazine, Albi)
- Italy (Dumenza; Pra ‘d Mill; Camaldoli; S. Giulio d’Orta: Mother Anna Maria Cànopi, St. Oyen; Montaner; Poffabro; Marango)
- Switzerland (Fr Gabriel Bunge of the Holy Cross Hermitage)
- Austria (Vienna)
The several students from different theological faculties of Europe
The Scientific Commettee which organized the Conference: Michel van Parys, Antonio Rigo, Hervé Legrand, Nina Kaucisvili, Roberto Salizzoni, together with the Prior and some of the members of Bose
All the lecturers
The interpreters: Nicolette Malescu, Ania Worontzoff, Katerina Kasimova-Zouchra, Umberto Cini, Leonardo Paleàri and Gavriil Pentzikis
The technician Giampaolo Rampoldi
Last, all who prepared and followed the Conference with their prayer, sympathy, cooperation, sending of many fraternal messages; friends, scholars, the Region Piedmont, the University of Turin, and all who helped us in many different ways…
XVI International Ecumenical Conference
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