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 Pan-Orthodox Congress of 1923
surface form: Constantinople Pan-Orthodox Congress of 1923

Pan-Orthodox Congress of 1923
surface form: Pan-Orthodox Congress in Constantinople (1923)
century 20th century
chairperson Patriarch Meletius IV of Constantinople
city Istanbul
surface form: Constantinople
confession Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
convenedBy Patriarchate of Constantinople
surface form: Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
countryAtTime Turkey
endTime 1923-06-08
followedBy later pan-Orthodox consultations on calendar and liturgical issues
hasParticipant Orthodox Church of Cyprus
surface form: Church of Cyprus

autocephalous Church of Greece
surface form: Church of Greece

Patriarchate of Constantinople
surface form: 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 (probable)
surface form: Constantinople
mainSubject calendar reform
disciplinary reform
liturgical reform
nonParticipant Orthodox Church of Alexandria
surface form: Patriarchate of Alexandria

Patriarchate of Antioch
Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Russian Orthodox Church
organizedBy Patriarchate of Constantinople
surface form: Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

Patriarch Meletius IV of Constantinople
placeOfPublication Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople
presidedBy Patriarch Meletius IV of Constantinople
religiousTradition Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: 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 of 1923
this entity surface form: Pan-Orthodox Congress in Constantinople (1923)
Pan-Orthodox Congress of 1923 alsoKnownAs Pan-Orthodox Congress of 1923
this entity surface form: Constantinople Pan-Orthodox Congress of 1923
Holy and Great Council precededBy Pan-Orthodox Congress of 1923
this entity surface form: Pan-Orthodox pre-conciliar conferences