Resurrection, Anno Domini 2010

Pantokrator
written by the hand of H. Durka

The Mystery of the Risen Christ Fr. Boris Bobrinskoy,
trans. Fr John Breck EXCERPT:

The entire message,
indeed the very essence of Christianity
can be summed up
in the Church's triumphal cry on the night of Holy Pascha:
"Christ is truly risen!"
...
All of Christian theology,
like all of the two thousand year old treasure
of Holy Tradition,
is nothing other than a ceaseless meditation
of this "One Thing Needful" (Lk 10:42).

This is true in every aspect of the Church's life,
whether it be the theology of the Holy Fathers and the Ecumenical Councils,
biblical exegesis, liturgical theology, Christian hymnography,
or the spiritual experience of the saints,
which is the experience of the People of God as a whole.

Everywhere and at all times
the Mystery of Christ is the most fundamental Christian reality,
in which every symbol of faith is grounded and from which
all the richness of Church tradition flows forth.
...

Ecumenical Notes, FYI:
On Tribulation, Heavenly Liturgy and the Catholica:

Singing Christ is Risen in Many Tongues

Byzantine Chant in English, Ukrainian, Greek, Latin and Church Slavonic

Xt the Gardener and Bridegroom

Armenian theologian Vigen Guroian experiences Easter as "a call to our senses." ... And at this time of year and beyond, Vigen Guroian does real theology in his garden as richly as in church.

April 24: Armenian Genocide Memorial
His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians,
...visited the Memorial to the Armenian Genocide of 1915 at Tsitsernakaberd
and paid tribute to the Eternal Memory of the 1.5 million Armenian victims.

Armenian Catholicos Aram I visits INDIA
KOTTAYAM:
At the invitation of His Holiness Baselios Marthoma Didymus I, Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan, the supreme head of the Orthodox Church of the East,
His Hloiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Holy See of Cilicia, of the Armenian Apostolic Church,
stressed the importance of the ecumenical movement in the 21st Century.

Delivering his keynote address at the ecumenical meet held at the Indian Orthodox Theological Seminary here on Thursday, the Catholicos reiterated his admiration for the multi-cultural and multi-religious society in India which has championed the cause of unity in diversity.

The Catholicos also recalled the contributions made by eminent scholars including the late Bishop Paulos Mar Gregorios and M.M. Thomas to the world ecumenical movement.

Catholicos-designate Paulos Mar Milithios of the Orthodox Church presided.

Catholicos Aram I and Catholicos Baselius Mar Thoma Didymos I of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church jointly offered prayers at Devalokam .

Ecumenism in India: Orthodox - Catholic

SOC and Catholics in India
India: Jacobite Syrian Orthodox and Catholics agree to share services

Towards a New Ecumenism Christos Yannaras on Pascha and the Catholica
... " to be able one day to sing together that by death one can conquer death."

Greek Orthodox Ecumenical resources

Orthodox - Muslim meetging, April 2010:

Patriarch of Moscow, Chairman of Caucasus Muslim Board, Catholicos of All Armenians: trilateral meeting of the religious leaders of Russia and Transcaucasus – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahshuqur Pasha-zade as chairman of the Caucasus Muslim Board, and Supreme Patriarch Catholicos Karekin II of All Armenians took place on 26 April 2010, during the World Summit of Religious Leaders in Baku.

Orthodox-Catholic Theological Dialogs

5th meeting 2008: Oriental Orthodox and Roman Catholic Theological Dialog

6th meeting 2009: Oriental Orthodox and Roman Catholic Theological Dialog

7th meeting 2010: Oriental Orthodox and Roman Catholic Theological Dialog

2010: Hierarchs and Clergy confer in Lebanon
on the Middle East Question
also
meeting with the President of Lebanon
Photos and Report of the meetings in Lebanon 2010