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# Ecumenical Patriarchate Holds Conference Marking 10 Years Since Crete Council
- URL: https://uoj.news/news/ecumenical-patriarchate-holds-conference-marking-10-years-since-crete-council/
- Published: 2026-10-07T15:52:08.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T15:52:08.000Z
- Description: The Ecumenical Patriarchate gathered Orthodox hierarchs and scholars in France to assess the legacy of the 2016 Council of Crete.
- Author: Tobias Straney
- Tags: #Category: News, Ecumenical Patriarch, Conferences, Crete Council – 2016, Archbishop John of Albania, Patriarchate of Alexandria, Patriarchate of Antioch, Serbian Orthodox Church, Romanian Patriarchate, Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Church of Greece, Orthodox Church of Cyprus, Orthodox Church of Finland

**CHANTILLY, FRANCE —** The Ecumenical Patriarchate is holding an [international conference](https://ec-patr.org/05/10/11/09/diethnes-epistimoniko-synedrio-apo-to/) marking the 10th anniversary of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church, which took place in Crete in June 2016.

The conference, titled “The Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church (2016–2026): Assessment and Prospects,” began October 5 in Chantilly, near Paris, and will continue through October 8\. Hierarchs, clergy, theologians, university professors, and researchers are discussing the council’s decisions and their significance a decade later.

[![](https://uoj.news/content/images/2026/05/87231-orthodox-scholars-reflect-on-crete-council-ten-years-later-42918a94add1.jpg)On this topicOrthodox Scholars Reflect on Crete Council Ten Years Later](https://uoj.news/news/87231-orthodox-scholars-reflect-on-crete-council-ten-years-later/)

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew delivered the [opening address](https://ec-patr.org/05/10/23/16/omilia-tis-a-th-panagiotitos-toy-oiko-36/). Abp. John of Tirana and All Albania is also participating at his personal request. The program includes sessions examining the council’s legacy, its [encyclical and message](https://ec-patr.org/06/10/13/06/konstantinoy-delikostanti-i-egkykl/), the Orthodox diaspora, relations with other Christian communities, and the question of ecclesiastical autonomy.

Other sessions are addressing marriage and its impediments, fasting, the mission of the Orthodox Church in the contemporary world, and the social ethos of the Church. Participants include representatives of the [Ecumenical](https://ec-patr.org/06/10/12/25/mitropolitoy-gerontos-chalkidonos-k-e/) [Patriarchate](https://ec-patr.org/06/10/16/50/metropolite-emmanuel-de-chalcedoine-lelaboration-et-le-parcours-du-texte-conciliaire-la-diaspora-orthodoxe-colloque-le-saint-et-grand-concile-de-l/) and the Patriarchates of [Alexandria](https://ec-patr.org/06/10/12/42/mitropolitoy-kameroyn-grigorioy-i-ie/), Antioch, [Serbia](http://ec-patr.org/06/10/13/50/bishop-maxim-patriarchate-of-serbia-metropolitan-john-of-pergamon-%E2%80%A8and-the-holy-and-great-council-chantilly-october-6th-2026/), Romania and Bulgaria, as well as hierarchs and theologians from the Churches of [Greece](https://ec-patr.org/06/10/12/55/mitropolitoy-dimitriados-kai-almyro/), Cyprus, Finland and Estonia, and the [Catholic Church](https://ec-patr.org/06/10/16/24/hyacinthe-destivelle-op-lencyclique-et-le-message-du-saint-et-grand-concile-de-leglise-orthodoxe-un-regard-catholique-chantilly-6-octobre-2026/). 

The conference will conclude with a roundtable discussion on the council’s assessment and future prospects. Participants include Abp. John of Albania, Metr. Job of Pisidia, Archdeacon Professor John Chryssavgis and representatives of the Patriarchates of Thessaloniki and Antioch.

Previously, the [UOJ reported](https://uoj.news/news/87277-patr-bartholomew-urges-four-orthodox-churches-to-revisit-council-of-crete/) that Patr. Bartholomew urged four Orthodox Churches to revisit the Council of Crete.