Archbishop Innokenty Meets the Archbishop of Canterbury

The archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams met temporary administrator of the Diocese of Sourozh Archbishop Innokenty of Korsun.

At their meeting held in the primate of the Church of England said he greeted Archbishop Innokenty as a new administrator of the of the Diocese of Sourozh by His Holiness the Patriarch’s appointment.

Archbishop Innokenty informed the archbishop of Canterbury about the crisis in the Diocese of Sourozh and possible ways of dealing with that.

Archbishop Williams expressed his anxiety on the events and said he hoped the crisis would end soon. He noted it was important not for the Orthodox alone but for all British Christians.

The meeting was held in a warm and brotherly atmosphere.

• The Statement of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church concerning the decision of the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople on receiving Bishop Basil (Osborne) into its jurisdiction
• Prayer for the rest of the soul of Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh
• The Diocese of Sourozh Assembly sends a message to the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church
• The meeting of the Sourozh diocesan assembly
• The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church sends a letter to the archpastors, cleric and laity of the Sourozh diocese
• Holy Synod resolution on the decision of the Patriarchate of Constantinople to accept Bishop Basil Osborn in its jurisdiction
• Diocese of Sourozh Annual Conference Held in Oxford
• Archbishop Innokenty Meets the Archbishop of Canterbury
• A special website on the Sourozh diocese is launched
• Situation in the Diocese of Sourozh
• On the situation in the Sourozh diocese
  Information by the Communication Service of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations