Third European Ecumenical Assembly Gets Underway in Romania
The city of Sibiu in central Romania, which has been designated a European Capital of Culture for 2007, has become Europe's "ecumenical capital" this week as Christians from across the continent meet for the Third European Ecumenical Assembly (EEA3).
The Conference of European Churches has organised the 4-9 September meeting with the Council of European (Roman Catholic) Bishops' Conferences (CCEE), bringing together thousands of Christians from Europe's main Churches. The two church bodies combined account for almost all of Europe's Roman Catholic, Protestant, Anglican, and Orthodox Churches.
Archdeacon Colin Williams, General Secretary of the Conference of European Churches, said he hoped the meeting would "give impetus to the search for greater unity between the churches of Europe"....