Meeting at Bose of the theological study group Saint Ireneus
The theological discussions took place in a climate of prayer and sharing with the community. Before ending their, work the members of the Group had the possibility of a collatio with br Enzo on the sense of a monastic life among Christians belonging to different confessions.
Besides the two co-presidents, the Group consists of twelve Orthodox members: the co-secretary fr. Nikolaos Loudovikos (Orthodox Church of Greece); archimandrite Job Getcha, archimandrite Grigorios Papathomas (Ecumenical patriarchate); Assaad Elias Kattan (Patriarchate of Antioch); archimandrite Cyril Hovorun, fr. Vladimir Khoulap, fr. Vladimir Shmaliy (Moscow Patriarchate); fr. Mihai Sasaujan and fr. Daniel Benga (Romanian Orthodox Church); Paul Meyendorff (Orthodox Church of America); fr. Vladan Periši? (Serbian Orthodox Church); Mariyan Stoyadinov (Bulgarian Orthodox Church); and of twelve Catholic members: the co-secretary Johannes Oeldemann (Institute Johann-Adam-Möhler, Paderborn); Thomas Bremer (Münster); fr. Hyacinthe Destivelle op (St Petersburg); fr. Edward G. Farrugia sj (Rome); Zygfryd Glaeser (Opole, Poland); Basilius J. Groen (Graz); Pieter Kohnen (Department for ecumenical affairs of the Dutch Bishops’ Conference); br. Adalberto Mainardi (Bose Monastery); fr. Hervé Legrand op (Paris); fr. Rudolf Prokschi (Vienna); fr. Ronald G. Roberson csp (Secretary for ecumenical affiars of the American Bishops’ Conference); Wolfgang Thönissen (Paderborn).
