The Third Colloquium Syriacum, organised by
Pro-Oriente was held at Vienna from November 9-11 2011.Scholars, who
belong to the syriac tradition were invited to the Conferance. The focal
point of the meeting was the special Synod for the Middle East which
took place in Rome. The Syrian Catholic Patriarch H.B Ignatius Yussif
111 Younan inaugurated the conferance. Cardinal Schönborn, the Arch
bishop of Vienna expressed his hope that the oriental churches with
their unbroken tradition going back to the beginning of Christianity
will some
day will be able to live in their home countries in freedom of religion
and conscience. The pattern of the programme of the meeting was to have
each session focused on a special topic arising from the special synod
for the Middle East: General Experience, Results and reactions,
Christian-Muslim, Christian-Jewish, Christian-Christian and Church State
implications. Papers were presented on the topics and extensive
exchange and discussions took place.
The conferance discussed about the present situation of
christians in the Middle East; their struggles and sufferings,
marginalisation and persicutiion. The conferance underlined the need of
the Christian Unity especially in those regions and pleaded for the
freedom of conscience along with the freedom of religion of the
christians in the Middle East. It is noticed that the universal charter
of human rights is either violated or absent in many of the Middle East
countries and the conferance
called upon the immediate attention of the International Human Right
Organisations in this regard.19 scholars participated from differant
parts of the world. H.G. Dr. Kuriakose Theophilose Metropolitan
represented the Malankara Jacobite Syrian Church.
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