1. All-Orthodox Assembly in Rhodes

The 1st All -Orthodox Assembly (English Pan-Orthodox Meeting at Rhodos ) was a meeting of representatives of all Orthodox patriarchates from September 24th to October 1st, 1961 on the Greek island of Rhodes .

It was inspired by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Athenagoras and resumed the preparatory process begun in 1902 for the first modern all-Orthodox Holy and Great Council . It was an important step within the pan-orthodox movement .

Attendees

The meeting was attended by representatives of

• Constantinople Patriarchate
• Alexandria Patriarchate
• Patriarchate Antioch
• Jerusalem Patriarchate
• Russian Orthodox Church
• Serbian Orthodox Church
• Romanian Orthodox Church
• Bulgarian Orthodox Church
• Church of Cyprus
• Church of Greece
• Polish Orthodox Church
• Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia

literature

• Joseph Minihan: The Pan-Orthodox Meeting at Rhodes , in: New Blackfriars , 42, 498, 1961, pp. 507-516