Official Recognition of 8th and 9th Ecumenical Councils?

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Official Recognition of 8th and 9th Ecumenical Councils?

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http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2014/01 ... d-9th.html

  • A few years ago it was decided by the Church of Greece to begin the process of making the Eighth and Ninth Ecumenical Synods officially recognized, but since that time the issue has dropped. His Eminence Metropolitan Seraphim of Piraeus, who championed this recognition and presented it to the Ecumenical Patriarchate, has decided to move forward with it in his own Metropolis at the local level. Below is the Statement of His Eminence translated, and below that are the two Encyclicals for each of the two Ecumenical Synods, establishing the celebration of the Sacred Memory of the 383 God-bearing Fathers of the 8th Ecumenical Synod on the Second Sunday of February, and the God-bearing Fathers of the 9th Ecumenical Synod on the Second Sunday of Great Lent.

Since the 9th Council was post-schism council held in 1341 to 1351 A.D., was Rome involved?

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Re: Official Recognition of 8th and 9th Ecumenical Councils?

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No Rome was not involved. I think they are usually called "Pan-Orthodox" rather than Ecumenical, but I'm not sure what exactly makes a council Ecumenical. Is it the participation of all the ancient Patriarchates?

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