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the Ecumenical Patriarch, your Orthodox Patron, spoke highly of the work of
the Anglican & Eastern Churches Association when we met in Constantinople
earlier this year.

I rejoice in the progress of the two o?cial dialogues between the Angli-
can Communion and the Orthodox Churches — the International Commis-
sion for Anglican-Orthodox Theological Dialogue (ICAOTD) met in Septem-
ber in Jerusalem, for vital theological exchanges on the nature of the human
person, and the Anglican-Oriental Orthodox International Commission
(AOOIC) met in Cairo earlier this month, completed the joint statement on
Christology, and began important preliminary work for agreement on the pro-
cession and work of the Holy Spirit. I am pleased that the Commission will
next meet in Wales in 2015.

At the same time, Anglicans and Orthodox enter into pastoral and prac-
tical co-operation in faithful service, diakonia, to our world, in every continent
— not least in bringing relief and encouragement to our brothers and sisters in
Christ in Iraq and Syria.

The Anglican & Eastern Churches Association has given the same faith-
ful witness and service to our common traditions over the last 150 years, and I
pray that it will continue to strengthen the bonds of a?ection between Angli-
cans and Orthodox in the years ahead.

The Most Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby
Archbishop of Canterbury

Archbishop Gregorios delivers greetings from the Ecumenical Patriarch

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