Balamand Declaration

The Balamand Declaration is a declaration adopted on 23 June 1993 at the Monastery of Our Lady of Balamand in Lebanon on the occasion of the sixth meeting of the International Joint Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church.

This statement on "Unia, method of union of past and current research of full communion" says that "Unia can not be a model of unity."

The question of the existence of Eastern Catholic Churches is one of the sticking points in discussions between the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox communion.

Background and History

Churches participating in the meeting of Balamand

• The Roman Catholic Church, first
• The following local Orthodox Churches, on the other hand:
  • the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
  • the Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa
  • the Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East
  • the Patriarchate of Moscow and All Russia
  • the Orthodox Church throughout Romania
  • the Archdiocese of New Justina and All Cyprus
  • the Archdiocese of Tirana and All Albania
  • the Warsaw Archdiocese, Metropolis of all Poland
  • the Archdiocese of Karelia and All Finland

Content of the Declaration of Balamand

Reactions to the Declaration of Balamand

See also

Internal Links

• Eastern Catholic Churches
• Dialogue between the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church
• Ecumenism

External Links

• (En) Site - Vatican text of the Declaration of Balamand

• Christians of the East Portal

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