Welcome to the website of the Orientale Lumen Conferences. Started in 1997 in Washington, DC, these ecumenical conferences are a "grass roots" movement among lay persons and clergy to provide a forum for Christians to learn about the "light from the east." They allow Eastern Orthodox, Eastern Catholics and Roman Catholics to meet and pray together, learn from each other's traditions, and become friends together searching for a common goal: "that they all may be one" in the One Church of Christ. In 2010, the following conferences will be held: OL XIV North – June 7-10 Seton Hall University, South Orange NJ OL XIV East – June 21-24 Pope John Paul II Cultural Center, Washington DC OL EuroEast III – July 5-8 Constantinople (Istanbul) Turkey To learn more about how you can help support the works of the OL Foundation, click here.