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Friday, October 24, 7:00 pm, Orthodox Christian Laity, Open Public Forum: Join in on an enlivened public discussion on: "The History and Future of the Assembly of Bishops and the Proposed Great and Holy Council in 2016."

Featured speaker for the OCL Open Forum will be Alexei Krindatch, consultant to the Regional Planning Committee of the Assembly of Bishops. He will give insights into the work of that committee, as it develops a blueprint for a unified Orthodox Church in the USA.

Other notable speakers slated for the forum include: His Eminence The Most Rev. Nathaniel, archbishop of Detroit and the Romanian Episcopate, and His Grace The Rt. Rev. Michael, bishop of New York, and New York and Jersey, of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), both of whom will update participants on the work of the Assembly. Others speakers will be announced.

Anthony Kasmer, a member of the Board of Trustees both at OCL and also at St. Vladimir’s Seminary, who suggested the seminary campus as a venue, also will be present. A public reception will follow the Open Forum, which will be held in The Metropolitan Philip Auditorium of The John G. Rangos Family Building.

The Open Forum is part of the OCL’s Annual Meeting, which will also take place on the seminary campus, October 23–25, 2014. Please check the OCL website for further details.

 

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