The General Assembly of the Conference of European Churches (CEC), an organisation made up of 114 Orthodox, Protestant, Anglican and Old Catholic churches on the continent, opened in Tallinn, Estonia, on Wednesday.
The theme of this year’s edition – the 16th one – is “Under God’s blessing – shaping the future”. The hosts are the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Orthodox Church of Estonia.
The delegation of the Romanian Patriarchate to the event is led by His Eminence Iosif, Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of Western and Southern Europe.
Aurelian Iftimiu, Coordinating Patriarchal Advisor and Director of the Romanian Patriarchate’s Basilica News Agency, also participates, as a member of the Media Committee of the event.
The General Assembly takes place every five years. The organisation was founded in 1959, after the Second World War, to work for healing and peace.
Together with its ecumenical partners, CEC represents over 380 million European citizens in the continent and aims to be the voice of faith in dialogue with public policy makers.
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