Pan-Orthodox Congress of 1923

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The Pan-Orthodox Congress of 1923 was a landmark assembly of Eastern Orthodox church leaders convened in Constantinople to discuss and implement modern reforms, including liturgical and calendar changes.

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instanceOf Pan-Orthodox congress ⓘ
church council ⓘ
event in church history ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Constantinople Pan-Orthodox Congress of 1923 ⓘ
Pan-Orthodox Congress in Constantinople (1923) ⓘ
century 20th century ⓘ
chairperson Patriarch Meletius IV of Constantinople ⓘ
city Constantinople ⓘ
linked to: Istanbul
confession Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
convenedBy Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ⓘ
countryAtTime Turkey ⓘ
endTime 1923-06-08 ⓘ
followedBy later pan-Orthodox consultations on calendar and liturgical issues ⓘ
hasParticipant Church of Cyprus ⓘ
Church of Greece ⓘ
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ⓘ
Romanian Orthodox Church representatives ⓘ
Serbian Orthodox Church representatives ⓘ
historicalSignificance first major attempt at pan-Orthodox reform in the 20th century ⓘ
important step in modernization debates within Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
key event in the Old Calendarist schisms ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Greek ⓘ
location Constantinople ⓘ
mainSubject calendar reform ⓘ
disciplinary reform ⓘ
liturgical reform ⓘ
nonParticipant Patriarchate of Alexandria ⓘ
Patriarchate of Antioch ⓘ
Patriarchate of Jerusalem ⓘ
Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
organizedBy Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ⓘ
Patriarch Meletius IV of Constantinople ⓘ
placeOfPublication Constantinople ⓘ
presidedBy Patriarch Meletius IV of Constantinople ⓘ
religiousTradition Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
result calendar reforms in several local Orthodox churches ⓘ
controversy over calendar changes ⓘ
emergence of Old Calendarist movements ⓘ
recommendation to adopt the Revised Julian calendar ⓘ
startTime 1923-05-10 ⓘ
timePeriod 1923 ⓘ
topic adaptation of fasting rules ⓘ
alignment of church feasts with the Gregorian calendar ⓘ
church discipline ⓘ
introduction of the Revised Julian calendar ⓘ
marriage of clergy ⓘ
reform of the church calendar ⓘ
second marriages of clergy ⓘ
shortening of the Divine Liturgy ⓘ
use of local languages in worship ⓘ

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Revised Julian calendar → developedAt → Pan-Orthodox Congress of 1923 ⓘ
Pan-Orthodox Congress of 1923 → alsoKnownAs → Pan-Orthodox Congress in Constantinople (1923) ⓘ
linked to: Pan-Orthodox Congress of 1923
Pan-Orthodox Congress of 1923 → alsoKnownAs → Constantinople Pan-Orthodox Congress of 1923 ⓘ
linked to: Pan-Orthodox Congress of 1923
Holy and Great Council → precededBy → Pan-Orthodox pre-conciliar conferences ⓘ
linked to: Pan-Orthodox Congress of 1923