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OL Australasia-Oceania 1,
July 2000, Melbourne, Australia
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Metropolitan Seraphim Joanta, Romanian Orthodox
Bishop of Germany and Central Europe -
"Our task is to pray and think together
about what contribution we might each make, and our Churches
might each make, as we work to bring about the ideal of Christian
unity. This ideal is certainly a sign of our times: the Holy
Spirit is himself, in some mysterious way, pushing Christians
toward unity."
Bishop John Michael Botean, Romania Greek-Catholic
Bishop of the USA - "I believe that it is
owing to the work of smaller “unofficial” gatherings such as
Orientale Lumen USA, your own gathering, and other like occasions
that the more official meetings and dialogues among Catholic and
Orthodox Churches have received the impetus to continue their work,
despite obstacles, and the heart to bear the struggle for unity,
regardless of the cost."
Protoedeacon Lawrence Cross, Conference Convenor -
"Orientale Lumen, in its creation of a forum
between East and West with a specific eye to the problems of
ecumenism, aimed to provide a circumstance in which proper
vision of the other could again be established, eroding the
power of dark forces by frequent interchange and informal
dialogue."
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