The Solemn Working Session of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church was held in Patriarch Teoctist Aula Magna, chaired by His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church.
The guests to this solemn event were: His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Eminence Georgios, Metropolitan of Accra, and His Eminence Chrisostom, Metropolitan of Patras. Besides the hierarchs, members of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, also present were the members of the Standing Meeting of the Church National Council and of the Standing Meeting of the Archdiocese of Bucharest.
The Primate of the Romanian Orthodox Church opened the meeting and delivered a speech in which he spoke, among other things, about the significance of the Sacraments of the Holy Baptism and of the Holy Matrimony in the life of the Christian family.
Further on, His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa delivered a speech on the occasion of this solemn meeting of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church in which he spoke, among other things, about the relations of co-operation and reciprocity between the two sister Orthodox Churches, emphasising the responsibility to strengthen this relationship.
“The unlimited mercy of God laid on our shoulders, of the hierarchs of the two Churches, the responsibility to continue to progress together on the way of brotherly love, of unity, in the spirit of brotherly love, making us responsible to the judgement of the church history”, concluded the Patriarch of Alexandria.
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