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again, during this time, a massive and constant emigration of Orthodox
populations was taking place, towards Africa, Australia, America and
Western Europe, creating thus unprecedented problems and opportuni-
ties for the progression of the relations between the Orthodox Church
and the Anglican Communion. These issues were of course discussed at
the Lambeth Conference of 1908, explaining:

“The Conference is of opinion that it should be the recog-
nised practice of the Churches of our Communion:

1. At all times to baptise the children of members of any
Church of the Orthodox Eastern Communion in cases of
emergency, provided that there is a clear understanding that
baptism should not be again administered to those so bap-
tized;

2. At all times to admit members of any Church of the Or-
thodox Eastern Communion to communicate in our
churches, when they are deprived of the ministrations of a
priest of their own Communion, provided that

a. They are at that time admissible to communion in their
own Churches, and

b. Are not under any disquali?cation so far as our own rules
of discipline are concerned.”25

It is evident, through this Resolution, that Anglican terminology
is used in order to express Orthodoxy, which is not a Communion, as is
the case with Anglicanism, but a Church, despite being found under
numerous jurisdictional spheres, expressing various di?erent traditional
aspects, such as music, iconography, calendar, it is however united in
theology and doctrine. This Lambeth Conference also included a

25 The Lambeth Conference, Resolutions Archive from 1908, Published by the Anglican Commun-
ion O?ce, 2005, Resolution 62.

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