Meeting of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) and the Catholic Council of Bishops’ Conferences of Europe (CCEE) Joint Committee will take place from 5 to 7 November 2023 in Belgrade, Serbia.

The sessions in the meeting will include discussions on Synodality, Charta Oecumenica, the current situation in Europe and the war in Ukraine.

The meeting participants will include:

CCEE participants:

• H. E. Msgr. Gintaras Grušas, Archbishop of Vilnius, CCEE President
• H. E. Msgr. Ladislav Nemet SVD, Archbishop of Belgrade, CCEE Vice-President
• H. Em. Card. Jean-Claude Hollerich SI, Archbishop of Luxembourg, CCEE Vice-President
• H. Em. Card. Grzegorz Ryś, Archbishop of Łódź, Poland
• H. E. Msgr. Aurel Percă, Archbishop of Bucharest, Romania
• Rev. Manuel Barrios Prieto, COMECE General Secretary and Spokesperson
• Rev. Martin Michalíček, CCEE General Secretary
• Rev. Antonio Ammirati, CCEE Vice-General Secretary and Spokesperson
• Mr David Topping, Assistant

CEC participants:

• His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain, Ecumenical Patriarchate, CEC President
• Rev. OKR Frank Kopania – Protestant Church in Germany, CEC Vice-President
• Rev. Dr Karin Sarja – Church of Sweden, CEC Governing Board member
• Dr Jørgen Skov Sørensen, CEC General Secretary
• Ms Katerina Pekridou, Programme Officer for Theology and Studies
• Ms Lea Schlenker, Governing Board Member, Protestant Church in Germany