CRISIS OVER CHARTER



Volume 6 Number 17 - Tuesday, April 27th, 2004	A Publication of the ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN LAITY

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Published by Orthodox Christian Laity, April 24, 2004

CRISIS OVER CHARTER THREATENS CHURCH’S FUTURE

Chicago Area Open Forum - May 8

If you are concerned about the future of the Greek Orthodox Church in America attend an Open Forum hosted by Orthodox Christian Laity [OCL-Chicago area] dealing with the attempt by the Patriarchate in Istanbul, Turkey to impose a new Charter on the Church, without Clergy Laity Congress approval. Attend this Forum and familiarize yourself with the facts so that you may express your concerns with your Parish's delegates who will attend the Clergy-Laity Congress in New York in July 2004 and who will be the people who can help decide the destiny of our Church.

The speakers, Evan Chriss (Baltimore); George Karcazes (Chicago); Andy Kartalis (Cleveland); Peter Marudas (Baltimore); will summarize: . The history surrounding the proposed new Charter;

How the Charter revision process has been violated;
How the proposed changes harm the balance and synergy between
Clergy, Laity and Hierarchs which define Orthodoxy;
Why thirty-one plaintiffs, (including twelve Archons), of the Church from across America are asking a New York Court to clarify the Amendment clause of the existing Charter and compel the Archdiocese to follow its own rules.

(An ample opportunity will be afforded for questions and dialogue).

Date: Saturday, May 8, 2004 -Mark your calendar!
Time: 9:00 am to noon (registration/refreshments @ 8:30 am).
Place: Marriott Oak Brook Hotel, 1401 W 22nd St.. (Across from Oak Brook Shopping Center) Pre-registration by mail (by May 1): $10.00 (free parking).
Registration at the door: $15.00 (subject to space limitations)
Special $79 overnight hotel rate. Call (630) 573-8555 and mention OCL.

Mail your preregistration fee to: Orthodox Christian Laity (OCL), 3223 Lake Avenue, Unit 15C --- # 152, Wilmette, IL 60091-1074.

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