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Article: Russian Orthodox stay in WCC for now. (World Council of Churches)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- April 16, 1997
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The Russian Orthodox Church's Council of Bishops has decided that the church should continue for the time being to remain a member of the World Council of Churches, despite heavy pressure from an isolationist faction that wanted the church to shift to observer status in the Geneva based ecumenical organization. At its February 18-23 meeting in Moscow, the bishops' council agreed that a final decision on membership in the WCC and other international church organizations should await the outcome of discussions with other Orthodox churches on contacts with non-Orthodox bodies.
"The word `ecumenism' has become today a sort of swear word in our Christian community," ...