Mr Marko Nikolić
Institute for International Politics and Economis,
Belgrade

ECUMENISM, ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT

AND THE SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

Abstract

The Role of the Orthodox Church in modern Ecumenical Movement is to "witness the World" about the Teaching of Traditional Church, "inherited from the Apostles and Lord Jesus Christ". That fact is of great importance having in mind that Traditional Church had been "united and Catholic" in the first eight Centuries. The Serbian Orthodox Church Relation towards ecumenism and Ecumenical Movement has been based both on the crucial principles of orthodox Christology and Ecclesiology, and on its particular experience from "ecumenical life".

Key words: Orthodox Church, Ecumenism, Ecumenical Movement, Serbian Orthodox Church, World Council of Churches, Christian Unity.