AGENDA
for the General Assembly of the 77th Congress
of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in the
Thursday, July 1, 2010
8:30 am - Archdiocesan Council Meeting
1:30 pm - Lunch
2:30 pm - AROLA Conference
2:30 pm - ROYA Conference
5:00 pm - CLERGY Conference (free evening for lay delegates)
8:00 pm - Supper
Friday, July 2, 2010
9.30 am – Divine Liturgy and Te Deum service.
12.00 pm – Lunch
1.30 pm - Conference: Christian Bioethics Questions in a Post-Christian Age, by Mark J. Cherry, Ph.D., the Dr. Patricia A. Hayes Professor in Applied Ethics and Professor of Philosophy, St. Edward’s University, Austin, Texas.
3.00 pm a) Opening Prayer
b) Call to Order
c) Words of Welcome by His Eminence Archbishop Nicolae
d) Roll-Call
e) Approval of Agenda
f) Appointments of Commissions
1) Secretariat
2) Credential Commissions
3) Parish Reports and Proposals Commission
4) Nominating Commission
g) Minutes of the 2008 Congress
h) Official Messages of Greetings
4.00 pm Coffee Break
4.15 pm Archbishop’s and Auxiliary Bishop’s Reports followed by discussions
5.30 pm Report on Episcopal Assembly,
7.00 pm Dinner
Saturday, July 3, 2010
9.00 am Conference: On the Autocephaly of the Romanian Orthodox Church, by V. Rev. Fr. Theodor Damian.
10.00 am Report on the Dialogue with the Romanian Episcopate
10.30 am Coffee Break
10.45 pm REPORTS:
1) Publications Department
11.30 am Financial Reports and Budget 2011-2012
1.00 pm Lunch
2.30 pm REPORTS:
2) Reports on the Deanery Assemblies/Deans Activity Report
3) Report of the Religious Education Department
4) Parish Reports and Proposals
5) AROLA Report
6) ROYA Report
4.30 pm Report of the Nominating Commission and Election of the Archdiocesan Council
4.50 pm Archbishop’s Closing Remarks
5.00 pm Adjournment and Closing Prayer
5.30 pm Vespers
7.00 pm Dinner
Sunday, July 4, 2010
8:30 am - Matins
10:00 am - Divine Liturgy
1:30 pm - Archdiocesan Banquet
