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all Local Orthodox Churches.

The working schedule of the Commission envisages its plenary meetings twice a

year. In between the sessions there are working subcommissions and a joint

coordinating committee.

The First session of the Commission took place on Patmos and Rhodes in 1980.

Three subcommissions and a coordinating committee were set up then. The

subcommissions worked on one common theme – The Mystery of the Church and

Eucharist in the Light of the Mystery of the Holy Trinity. They met in Chevetogne,

Belgium, from October 5 to 8, 1980; in Rome, from December 27 to 30, 1980, and in

Belgrade from April 29 to May 1, 1981. From May 25 to 30, 1981, Venice hosted the

Coordinating Committee which discussed the results of the subcommissions’ work

and issued a communique.

The second meeting was held in Munich from June 30 to July 6, 1982. It continued

to discuss the theme of the previous meeting on The Mystery of the Church and

Eucharist in the Light of the Mystery of the Holy Trinity”. The discussion was based on

the materials which had been prepared after the Rhodes meeting.

The third meeting was convened on Crete from May 30 to July 8, 1984. Its theme was

The Faith, Sacraments and Unity of the Church. Its documents were consequently

reviewed by the Coordinating Committee at its meeting in Opol, Poland, on June

3-8, 1985. In addition, the Opol meeting discussed another theme – The Sacrament of

Ministry in the Sacramental Structure of the Church, and the importance of the

Apostolic Succession for the Consecration and Unity of the People of God.

The fourth session took place in Bari, from May 29 to June 7, 1986. It continued the

discussion of the theme the Faith, Sacraments and Unity of the Church dealt with by

the preceding meeting on Crete; the general document was thoroughly revised.

The Bari meeting also considered the document dedicated to the theme The

Sacrament of Ministry in the Sacramental Structure of the Church, in particular, the

Significance of Apostolic Succession for the Consecration and Unity of the People of

God.