Assembly of Bishops’ annual meeting to convene in September
The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America will hold its fifth annual meeting at the Grand Hyatt Dallas Fort-Worth International Airport here September 16-18, 2014.
This year’s agenda will include a session on evangelism and outreach, with presentations by the Assembly’s agencies. [A list of Assembly agencies is available.] Among the other topics to be discussed are canonical regional planning and the organization of a national youth rally. The full agenda may be found on their web site.
The hierarchs of the Assembly request the prayers of all clergy, monastics, and laity for a spiritually fruitful meeting.
The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America is a body of all active, canonical Orthodox bishops in the USA. There are currently 52 bishops in the Assembly, representing the following archdioceses and dioceses in the US: Albanian, American Carpatho-Russian, Antiochian, Bulgarian, Georgian, Greek, Orthodox Church in America, Romanian, Russian, Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, Serbian, and Ukrainian. The Assembly was established to address the pastoral needs of Orthodox faithful, present a common and unified witness of the Orthodox Faith, and manifest the unity of Orthodoxy.