The sixth meeting of the International Commission will be hosted by the Roman Catholic Church in Rome in January 2009. The day of arrival will be January 24 or 25, enabling the members to take part in the Vespers Service at St. Paul's Outside the Walls Basilica for the conclusion of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. The two delegations will meet separately on Monday January 26. January 27, 28, 29 and 30 will be set aside for plenary sessions, with departures on Saturday January 31. At this session work will continue on the common statement on ecclesiology, and each side will present one paper "The Exercise of Communion Among the Churches in the First Five Centuries" and another paper "Reception of Councils in the First Five Centuries."
The members of the Commission are:
Representatives of the Oriental Orthodox Churches ( Alphabetic order)
1.Armenian Apostolic Church: Catholicosate of all Armenians
2.Armenian Apostolic Church: Holy See of Cilicia
3.Coptic Orthodox Church
4.Eritrean Orthodox Church
5.Ethiopian Orthodox Church
6.Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
7.Syrian Orthodox Church
and
Roman Catholic Church.
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