The Churches of England and Greece must stand together as bulwarks against the forces of secularism and social decline in Europe, the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece said last week at the start of a May 8-12 meeting between leaders of the two churches in Athens.“The Church of Greece and the Anglican Communion constitute two of the main sources of Christian faith in the old Continent,” Archbishop Ieronymos said in a statement of greetings given to the delegation led by the Bishop of London, the Rt Rev Richard Chartres, along with the Bishop of Birmingham, the Rt Rev David Urquhart, the Archbishop of Canterbury’s ecumenical adviser the Rev Jonathan Goodall, and the Anglican Chaplain in Athens, Canon Malcolm Bradshaw.
Both churches faced the “same challenges, the same problems, the same quests” Archbishop Ieronymos said, as the modern world was “marked by the search for a definition which will adequately determine the value of the human model, true image of Jesus Christ.”
The churches of Europe must reach out to those “those in pain, the lonely, those suffering undeservingly, the immigrants, our brothers and sisters of every race, language and religion,” he said, noting that ecumenical cooperation was both “necessary and imperative.”
During their four day visit the English church leaders toured Greek church schools and institutions and discussed common concerns “spanning educational and social responsibility and international development,” a statement from the Diocese of London said.
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