The chairman of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Cardinal Kurt Koch, in an interview given to TASS, confirmed that Pope Francis 'very much wishes' that Orthodox and Catholics celebrate the Resurrection of Christ on the same day. It was the current pontiff who came up with such an initiative a few years ago. Ecumenism is one of the priorities of the current pontiff. Last month he traveled to predominantly Orthodox Bulgaria and Romania. At the same time, Cardinal Koch emphasized that the unification of the dates of Easter should lead to peace, and not to disagreements among Christians of the planet. “Therefore, you need to be patient and strive for the best solution,” he said. Cardinal Koch recalled that the Western and Eastern Churches celebrate the Resurrection of Christ on different calendars, and there are certain contradictions that prevent the date from being synchronized. This question should become one of the main issues at the Pan-Orthodox Council in 2016. However, four of the local churches, Antioch, Bulgarian. Georgian and Russian, refused to participate in the cathedral.
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