CONTENTS
Introduction
Michel Stavrou, Peter De Mey, & Jack McDonald . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
The Preparation and Reception of the Council
Noël Ruffi eux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
The Role of the Observers During the Second Vatican
Council
Peter De Mey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Why a Reform of the Established Liturgical Calendar
and of the Easter Date Is Necessary
Pierre Sollogoub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Pastoral Problems of a Reform of the Liturgical
Calendar in Russia
Vladimir Khulap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
The Problem of a Common Calendar: Do We Need
to Reform Our Liturgical Calendar or Our
Understanding of the Time of Salvation?
Th omas Pott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Autocephaly and Autonomy
John H. Erickson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
The Canonical Issue of the Ecclesial Diptychs:
Ecclesiastical-Political Challenges and Ecclesial-
Canonical Taxis
Grigorios D. Papathomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Autocephaly: Questions from a Roman Catholic
Joseph Famerée . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
The Issue of the Diaspora at the Future Pan-Orthodox
Council: Pragmatic Proposals
Antoine Arjakovsky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
The Future of the Orthodox “Diaspora”—An Observer’s
Point of View
Ivana Noble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Ecumenical Relations of the Orthodox Churches: A
Systematic and Contextual Reflection
Tamara Grdzelidze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Ecumenical Relations and the Recognition of the
Baptism of Other Churches
Michel Stavrou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Sister Churches: Hermeneutical Principle within the
Relationship among Christian Churches ad Intra and
ad Extra
Barbara Hallensleben . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Orthodoxy Confronted with Ethical Questions:
A Social-Theological Perspective
Radu Preda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Christian Fasting in Postmodern Society: Considering
the Criteria
Athanasios N. Papathanassiou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Fasting—Some Protestant Remarks. “Not by Bread Alone”:
An Argument for the Contemporary Value of Christian
Fasting
Anne Marie Reijnen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Concluding Reflections
Pantelis Kalaitzidis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
The Pan-Orthodox Council: Suggestions for a Church on
the Move
Georges Nahas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
