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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\nOn 3 April 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate\u2019s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), rector of the Ss Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Post-Graduate and Doctoral Studies, professor of the Moscow Theological Academy and of the University of Fribourg, opened a conference on \u201cEpiscopal Ordination and Episcopal Ministry according to Catholic and Orthodox Doctrine and Canon Law\u201d at the University of Fribourg. Taking part in the conference, which will last four days, are bishops and theologians from the Roman Cath0olic Church and the Orthodox Churches, faculty and students of the universities of Switzerland.<\/p>\n
The DECR chairman presented a report at the opening on \u201cEpiscopal Authority in Orthodox Tradition\u201d based on the works of the Fathers and Doctors of the Church, including St, Ignatius the Theophoros, St. Gregory the Theologian, and the author of \u201cCorpus Areopagiticum.\u201d<\/p>\n
The conference is sponsored by the University of Fribourg and the Ss Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Post-Graduate and Doctoral Studies together with the Theological Institute at the Orthodox Centre of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Chambesy, Switzerland, in the framework of the joint doctoral programme \u201cDe Civitate Hominis\u201d being aimed at the comprehension of Church\u2019s role in the contemporary secular world.<\/p>\n
Taking part in the opening of the conference were Metropolitan Jeremiah of Switzerland (Ecumenical Patriarchate); Metropolitan Basil of Constantia (Orthodox Church of Cyprus); Professor Vlasios Fidas, rector of the Theological Institute in Chambesy; Professor of dogmatic theology Barbara Hallensleben, University of Fribourg; faculty and students, and foreign guests. Professor Astrid Kaptijn, head of the department of canon law of the faculty of theology, the University of Fribourg, acted as moderator.<\/p>\n
Before the opening of the conference, Metropolitan Hilarion visited a hostel and met with students of the Ss Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Post-Graduate and Doctoral Studies currently studying at the University of Fribourg.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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