I recently submitted posts on two different BF forums seeking to determine whether programs might be developed, along the lines of the Orientale Lumen Conferences, that would allow Eastern Christians to consider, in an ecumenical context, a number of matters relating to the life of their communities outside their countries of origin.

Those posts did not elicit any substantive responses, perhaps because they were interpreted as calling for specialized inputs on structuring an OL-type program on these themes. So I am re-posting some of the points here, in the hope that some fruitful dialog can begin here. To make it easier for readers to focus on the matters of greatest interest, I am sending a series of separate posts.