<p>The Non-governmental organisation (NGO) Oecumenica was founded on the 1st March 2006.</p>

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<p>With the canonical agreement of the Mother Church, there was founded in Athens by the Presidential Decree of 7th May 2003 the «Istitute for the support of the Ecumenical Patriarchate» with aim to support the multifaced spiritual and cultural work of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. It is governed by a 11-member... </p>

<p>The Institute of Postgraduate Studies of Orthodox Theology was founded as an independant academic institute in the Orthodox Centre of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and, since the academic year 1997-1998, it cooperates with the Roman-Catholic Theological School of the University of Freiburg and the Protestant Theological School of the University of... </p>

<p>Aim of this Patriarchal Orthodox Institute is to promote a strong and effective presence in the academical environment of the USA. The Institute aims to become a centre for research and promotion of the Orthodox thought and tradition. The Institute is a member of the Graduate Theological Union, an ecumenical... </p>

<p>The Office of the Orthodox Church rather than the European Union was founded in 1994 by the decision of the Holy and Fifth Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, with the office of Bishop and Bishop of Brussels. Metropolitan of Belgium Mr Athinagorou.  </p>

<p>The Ecumenical Patriarchate founded this Institute in order to support the mission work performed in the Far East under the auspices of the Mother Church. It is managed by a 11-member committee which is appointed every four years by the Ecumenical Patriarchate.</p>

<p>The Orthodox Center of the Ecumenical Patriarchate was founded in June 1966. Its aims, as written in its Patriarchal and Synodic founding Tome, are: – to inform the christian world of the West, and especially of Western Europe, about the Orthodox worship and the Orthodox teaching, tradition and Theology; –... </p>

<p>This scientific institue was founded by a Patriarchal and Synodic Sigillion in 1965, and started functioning in 1968. It is housed in a special wing of the Holy Patriarchal and Stavropegic Monastery of the Vlatades in Acropolis, Thessalonica.Its aim according to the Patriarchal Sigillion is to promote «the study and... </p>

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<p>Permanent Representative: Tel.: +41 22 791.63.47 Fax: +41 22 791.63.46. Address: Ecumenical Patriarchate Permanent Delegation to the WCC. 150 Route de Ferney, P.O. Box 2100. CH-1211 Geneva 2, Suisse.</p>