Author: AB Michael Staikos
May 14, 2010
Phanar Bishop in Europe [Vienna-based Greek Orthodox Archbishop Michael Staikos] says:
Pan-Orthodox Council likely in 2012 or 2013
from aoiusa.org/blog and originally published on http://www.austriantimes
ART. 6
BEFORE THE EPISCOPAL ASSEMBLY– UNITY OF ORTHODOX IN NA
26-28 MAY 2010 NEW YORK
INAINTE DE ADUNAREA EPISCOPALA – UNIREA ORTODOCSILOR DIN NA
Vienna- Vienna Greek-Orthodox Archbishop Michael Staikos, the Church’s Exarch for Central Europe, will visit Moscow on Pentecost, 24 May, it was announced today (Thurs). He will accompany Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomaios I.
Staikos has said he is confident that the pan-Orthodox Council, which has been in the planning stages for years, will finally take place in 2012 or 2013.
Staikos told Catholic press agency Kathpress that relations between Moscow and Constantinople (Istanbul) have improved significantly since new Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill’s recent visit to Istanbul.
Staikos said Bartholomaios’ upcoming visit to Moscow is an attempt to improve intra-Orthodox relations.