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News and Notices

Germany Recognises Armenian Genocide
On 2nd June 2016 the German parliament voted to recognise the killing by
Ottoman forces of Armenians in the period 1915-1917 as a genocide. The vote
passed with support from all parties and by an overwhelming majority.

Conference on Russia’s 1000 years on Mount Athos

Russia will be in the spotlight at a conference organized by the Friends of
Mount Athos at Madingley Hall, Cambridge, UK next year (3-5 February 2017).
For more than one thousand years there have been Russian monks on Mount
Athos in Greece. The first mention of a Russian monastery on Athos was in
1016 and this year has been marked by a series of events, on Athos and
elsewhere, to commemorate the millennium of this partnership. For more
details of the conference and how to register please see the Friends of Mount
Athos Website (www.athosfriends.org) or contact Graham Speake: 01295 721445
gr.speake@gmail.com.

Digitisation of AECA archives

The AECA has recently been working to digitise some of its archival material,
chiefly the journal which has gone through successive ‘rebrands’ over the years.
Those of you who have seen the new website (www.aeca.org.uk) may have
noticed that recent past editions of Koinonia are now made available there for
free download. In due course, we hope to make available material going back
over a century to the early years of the association and its predecessors, as an
important witness to the history and progress of ecumenism, and the role that
the AECA has played.

Annual General Meeting

The Association’s Annual General Meeting was held on Thursday 9th June at St
Sava’s Orthodox Church, Lancaster Road, in London. It was preceded by
Vespers and followed by a dinner. The Chairman’s report from the meeting is
included in this edition. Next year’s AGM will be on Thursday 22nd June at
6.30pm. Please put this date in your diary.

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