Ecumenism Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Episcopal–Russian Orthodox dialogue=== The decision by the U.S. [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]] to ordain [[Gene Robinson]], an openly gay, non-celibate priest who advocates same-sex blessings, as bishop led the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] to suspend its cooperation with the Episcopal Church. Likewise, when the [[Church of Sweden]] decided to bless same-sex marriages, the Russian Patriarchate severed all relations with the Church, noting that "Approving the shameful practice of same-sex marriages is a serious blow to the entire system of European spiritual and moral values influenced by Christianity."<ref>[http://english.pravda.ru/%20main/18/90/359/16696_gay.html Russian Orthodox Church condemns Lutheran gay weddings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606075539/http://english.pravda.ru/%20main/18/90/359/16696_gay.html |date=2011-06-06 }} ''Pravda,'' 30 December 2005. Accessed 24 March 2009.</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page