The Oriental Churches and Ecumenical Rapprochement

Within the Orthodox world, the ‘split’ between ‘Chalcedonian’ (Orthodox) and ‘Non-Chaceldonian’ (Oriental Orthodox) churches (as referring to those who either accepted (Chalcedonian) or rejected (non-Chaceldonian) the terms of the council of Chaceldon in 451) has long been a point of contention and division. It has only been up to the very recent past in which there has been progress and steps toward reconciliation between these respective churches. Father Ken Yossa, a priest of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church in the United States and Doctor of Theology invites students to study this unique history of division, theological development, and progress toward reconciliation and unity.