Evidence of Dialogue between Catholics and Orthodox
The scriptural dialogue between Catholic and Orthodox churches which was launched with the aim of succeeding full sacramental communion, risks stalling permanently. In the aftermath of a high level and official Catholic and Orthodox theological dialogue held in Ravenna, Italy, October 8-14, 2007, news reports and commentaries described the results of the meeting as a common agreement that the bishop of Rome has primacy in the universal church, both east and west. This led some to conclude that the Orthodox participants in the Joint International Commission for scriptural dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church had agreed that the Orthodox Churches had submitted to the rule of the pope.
Catholic
Over the last 60 years , the Catholic community in Australia as undergone dramatic changes. From now and back in the 1950’s, there has become very big changes in society and the Churches. The Mass attendance at church has dropped, also the number if priests, sisters and brothers are declining and their average is increasing. Old forms of devotion, including the rosary has almost disappeared but in todays society there has been a growth in interest for alternative forms of prayer borrowed from a variety of traditions and cultures.
Orthodox
The Eastern Orthodox Church is characterised by its continuity with the Apostolic Church and follows the faith and practises defined by the seven Ecumenical councils. The word “orthodox” meaning “right worshipping” or even “right believing”, and the Orthodox church recognises its self as the bearer of an uninterrupted living tradition of true faith lived out in worship.
Archimandrite Dorotheos Bakaliaros was the first ever priest to serve the religious needs of the Greek Orthodox population in Sydney and Melbourne. Metropolis of Australia and New Zealand in March 1924 was established under the Ecumenical Patriachrate. The current Archbishop of the Primate Orthodox Church Australia is Archbishop Stylianos and he was appointed his job in 1975.
The two denominations are very different in Australia, but locally well known, Orthodox Churches are found everywhere along with Catholic Churches.
The scriptural dialogue between Catholic and Orthodox churches which was launched with the aim of succeeding full sacramental communion, risks stalling permanently. In the aftermath of a high level and official Catholic and Orthodox theological dialogue held in Ravenna, Italy, October 8-14, 2007, news reports and commentaries described the results of the meeting as a common agreement that the bishop of Rome has primacy in the universal church, both east and west. This led some to conclude that the Orthodox participants in the Joint International Commission for scriptural dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church had agreed that the Orthodox Churches had submitted to the rule of the pope.
Catholic
Over the last 60 years , the Catholic community in Australia as undergone dramatic changes. From now and back in the 1950’s, there has become very big changes in society and the Churches. The Mass attendance at church has dropped, also the number if priests, sisters and brothers are declining and their average is increasing. Old forms of devotion, including the rosary has almost disappeared but in todays society there has been a growth in interest for alternative forms of prayer borrowed from a variety of traditions and cultures.
Orthodox
The Eastern Orthodox Church is characterised by its continuity with the Apostolic Church and follows the faith and practises defined by the seven Ecumenical councils. The word “orthodox” meaning “right worshipping” or even “right believing”, and the Orthodox church recognises its self as the bearer of an uninterrupted living tradition of true faith lived out in worship.
Archimandrite Dorotheos Bakaliaros was the first ever priest to serve the religious needs of the Greek Orthodox population in Sydney and Melbourne. Metropolis of Australia and New Zealand in March 1924 was established under the Ecumenical Patriachrate. The current Archbishop of the Primate Orthodox Church Australia is Archbishop Stylianos and he was appointed his job in 1975.
The two denominations are very different in Australia, but locally well known, Orthodox Churches are found everywhere along with Catholic Churches.