Meeting of the Saint Ireneus group in Thessalonica
The tenth annual meeting of the Catholic-Orthodox group of theological studies St Ireneus discussed the relationship between history and theology, between conciliarity and primacy in modern theological thought
23 November 2013
The tenth annual meeting of the Catholic-Orthodox group of theological studies St Ireneus was held at the Ecclesiastical Academy of Thessalonica on 13–17 November 2013. The participants discussed the relationship between history and theology, between conciliarity and primacy in modern theological thought, in particular in Yves Congar and Olivier Clement, and Orthodox reactions to Vatican II in general and to the constitution Lumen Gentium in particular. Br Adalberto, as member of the Group, participated in its work.
During the meeting a new Orthodox co-president was elected: Job (Getcha), soon to be ordained bishop of the Russian Orthodox churches in western Europe within the ecumenical patriarchate. The former co-president, the metropolitan John (Yazigi), was elected patriarch of Antioch in February 2013.