Episcopalians and Russian Orthodox to Discuss Episcopate
Episcopal News Service. June 12, 1992 [92137M]
Members of a joint Episcopal-Russian Orthodox coordinating committee, established after a visit to Russia by Presiding Bishop Edmond Browning in 1989, will hold its second official meeting in Moscow, June 24-27. Theologians from both churches will present papers on the episcopate, which has "taken on new meaning in a society that is opening up," according to Bishop Richard Grein of New York, who will present one of the papers. The committee will also sketch out future cooperation, including exchanges of bishops, seminarians, and faculty members. "We hope to finalize plans for parish partnerships, the exchange of six diocesan bishops, and a diocese-to-diocese relationship, as well as agricultural experts to assist in the development of land returned to the church," said Bishop Roger White of Milwaukee, co-chair of the committee. In the past year the two churches have exchanged youth and education staff. In February a team of six Episcopal communicators spent a week in the Moscow, consulting with colleagues and observing the resurgence of church life in Russia.