The Patriarch has invited the church for peace talks during his visit to India Even as they have received an explicit invite from Patriarch of Antioch Ignatius Aphrem II for initiating peace talks during his visit to India, the Malankara Orthodox Church appears to be taking a cautious approach to the issue.
Speaking to The Hindu, church spokesperson P.C. Elias said the church had already made its stance clear on the peace talks with the Pontiff when he had made the overture before. “We are ready for talks on the basis of two key points; one, it should be on the basis of the 1934 Constitution of the Church and second, it should be based on the Supreme Court verdict in the case,” he said. The definition of peace shall be identified on the basis of these two key factors, he said. He, however, said the Church had not made any formal reply to the recent invite from the Patriarch. The communications are being handled by the Ecumenical Relationship Committee of the church.
