Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Russian Church alarmed by Anglicans' decision to ordain women

http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=4912

[Interfax] 8 Jul 2008--he Moscow Patriarchate has expressed concern about the Anglican Synod's decision to ordain women.

"This decision is of course painful in the inter-Christian dialogue, as it is further alienating the Anglican community from the Apostolic tradition," Priest Igor Vyzhanov, secretary of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations, said in an interview with Interfax-Religion on Tuesday.

Father Igor also said that the Anglican Synod's decision to ordain women "is a very painful blow on the unity of the Anglican community, as it is worsening a split among the Anglicans."

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