In Constantinople, and specifically in the ceremonial hall of the Greek Consulate (Sismanogleio Megaron), the first official book presentation of the new theological text of Archbishop Makarios of Australia took place.
The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew along with a large number of hierarchs and citizens attended the event.
The book presentation event was moderated by Metropolitan Ignatios of Demetrias, while among the speakers for the new book of the Archbishop of Australia were the Head of the I.A.O. Maximos Charakopoulos, the Professor of Canon Law and former Dean of the Faculty of Theology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Theodoros Giangos and the Professor of Constitutional Law, Evangelos Venizelos.
The new multi-page work of the distinguished Hierarch of the Ecumenical Throne and renowned author constitutes a complex theological, ecclesiological, and historical-canonical study, which investigates with scientific methodology and theological consistency a series of critical issues that have concerned the Church in recent years, as Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew emphatically emphasizes, in the prologue of the book: “the present study begins with the historical past, but then confronts that which concerns the Orthodox world and theological thought today”.
Essentially, it is a mature text reflecting on pastoral concerns and hierarchical witness in an age where the falsification of the truth and the misrepresentation of history are attempted. At the same time, this new book may constitute a call to every person of goodwill, for a dialogue that looks towards the unity of the Orthodox Church.
Some of the topics covered in the book in its chapters are:
– A brief history of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
– The Appeal. A prerogative of the Ecumenical Patriarch for rendering a fair trial.
– The Holy and Great Synod of the Orthodox Church (Crete 2016).
– The breaking of communion with the Bishop.
– About the Ukrainian issue.
The book will be published in English and Russian.