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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

Below find excerpts from these documents selected by the Administrator at www.roeanews.info.

Concerned Greek-speaking patriarchs and archbishops are nervously following the Patriarch of Romania who is pursuing new “spheres of influence”. A new “threat” is now appearing in Orthodoxy.

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

The representatives of the 14 autocephalous Orthodox churches have not reached agreement on the rules for granting autocephalous status. Moscow will not recognize any kind of primacy of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.

Source: www.AsiaNews.it

From February 22-24, 2011, the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America participated in a retreat in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His Beatitude, Metropolitan JONAH led the hierarchs in a review of matters affecting the life of the Orthodox Church in America, including the OCA strategic plan, preparations for the upcoming Assembly of Bishops and plans for the 16th All American Council in Seattle.

Source: www.oca.org

Truth was defined in numerous ways during the historical times.

Source: www.ocanews.org

A lot of attention was given to some remarks delivered, last Fall 2010, by His Beatitude Metropolitan Jonah, the leader of the autocephalous Orthodox Church of America. In my opinion, some of those interpretations were way off the mark. However, a few things should be said in the first place.

The Department for Church and Inter-religious Relations and the Press Office of the Romanian Patriarchate inform us:

Source: basilica.org

• +Hilarion explain’s Church’s desire “to promote current Government of Russia policies”
• Defends Church’s lack of tolerance against “non-traditional religions”
• Laments that while “….70-80 percent of Russians call themselves Orthodox”, very few, (5%) attend church regularly and even fewer ‘have their life influenced by the Orthodox faith’
• Accountability “theoretically possible” but “does not always work in practice”

Source: ocanews.org