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From May 25-27, the second annual Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America gathered for its meeting at the Chicago O’Hare Hilton. There was a total of 45 bishops in attendance. In addition, nearly all of the members were present at the Assembly: the Ecumenical Patriarchate, including the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, and the Albanian Orthodox Diocese; the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese; the Patriarchate of Moscow, including the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA and the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia; the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of the Americas; the Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church; and the Orthodox Church in America. Not represented were the American Carpatho-Russian Diocese, as they currently have no bishop, owing to the recent repose of Metropolitan Nicholas; the Georgian Orthodox Church, whose bishop resides in Georgia; most of the bishops of Canada and Mexico, as the Canadian bishops anticipate their own assembly, as do those of Mexico and Central America who have requested to join the Assembly of South America. The Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church were detained by the business of their Synod in Belgrade, which was in session at the same time, and by delays in travel caused by the volcanic ash over Europe, and so were not able to attend.

Source: http://www.assemblyofbishops.org.

ART.1
AFTER THE EPISCOPAL ASSEMBLY
Second annual meeting - Chicago 2011
DUPA ADUNAREA EPISCOPALA
A doua adunare anuala - Chicago 2011

On May 20, 2011 the Jerusalem Patriarchate clarified its decision to break off communion with the Romanian Patriarchate by severing the commemoration of His Beatitude Patriarch of Romania, Daniel and defrocking the representative of the Romanian Orthodox Church in Jerusalem.

The following is, in most part, a reply to affirmations made by Bishop Ciprian Campineanul following his April 2011 visit to the Jerusalem Patriarchate, and after that Patriarchate broke off communion with the Romanian Patriarchate in May 2011.  This response did not await the decision of the Romanian Patriarchate regarding the problem which was discussed the very same day in the Holy Synod, underlining the firm resolve of the Jerusalem Patriarchate in this regard.

Source: unofficial translation of an article found at www.romfea.gr

In April 2011 an open conflict erupted between the Romanian Orthodox Patriarchate and the Patriarchate of Jerusalem. The cause of the conflict was the building of a Romanian church by the Romanian Patriarchate in the Holy Land, at Jericho.

From May 25-27, 2011, the members of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America will meet in Chicago.  This is the second such meeting, the first being held last year in New York.

Source: http://www.assemblyofbishops.org

ART. 1
BEFORE THE EPISCOPAL ASSEMBLY
Second annual meeting - Chicago 2011
INAINTE DE ADUNAREA EPISCOPALA
A doua adunare anuala - Chicago 2011

The Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem met today, Monday, May 9, 2011, and among other issues before it, resolved the anti-canonical problem of the Church in Jericho, now under the Romanian Orthodox Church.

Source: unofficial translation of an article found at www.romfea.gr

From May 2-4, 2011, the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America met, and then from May 4-5, 2011 The Metropolitan Council met.

The complete Holy Synod Minutes are available at:

www.oca.org/PDF/NEWS/2011/2011-0506-mayhssynodminutes.pdf.  An official OCA report regarding the Metropolitan Council meeting is available at: www.oca.org/news/2533.

Source: www.oca.org

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