A proposal by the Church of Greece was unanimously accepted by the Local Churches at the Council in Crete which removes any reference to "recognizing" the historical existence of other Churches.

Here is the statement of the Holy Synod of the Church Greece:

"Pertaining to the important text regarding the relations of the Orthodox Church to the rest of the Christian world, the...

June 18, 2016 Length: 16:51

Archpriest Patrick B. O'Grady offers an Antiochian perspective on the "Holy and Great Council" currently taking place in Crete. Fr. Patrick is the pastor of St Peter the Apostle Antiochian Orthodox Church in Pomona, California, and Associate Fellow of The Antiochian Orthodox Institute, La Verne, California. A pdf transcript is also provided.

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Source: Ancient Faith Radio

Can the texts be changed at the Council? Aren't the bishops attending expected to contribute to the revision of the documents?

QUESTION:

Is it true that the Churches which refuse to agree to the final texts at the Council will still have to sign the texts, for the sake of Orthodox Unity?

Published on Jun 17, 2016

Question:
What is happening with the Council? We hear that several Orthodox Churches have pulled out and are not going to the Council. But, did not all of the 14 Autocephalous Churches agree to the Council? Why are they pulling out at the last minute?

The Myth of Pan-Orthodox consensus

QUESTION 1: So, are you saying that there is no PAN ORTHODOX SUPPORT for the Council without decisions by the HOLY SYNODS?

Published on Jun 17, 2016

Question:

Weren't all of the texts prepared for the council well known to everyone, since they have been drafting and preparing them for years, even decades?

June 15th, 2016 - As part of our ongoing weekly homilies, we had the great blessing this week to have Fr. Peter Heers speak to us. Fr. Peter answers many questions about the Pan-Orthodox Council.

Two Local Orthodox Churches, Bulgaria and Antioch, have withdrawn from the Crete meeting, organized by Phanar bureaucrats in Constantinople. The Georgian Church, savagely insulted by the Phanar (just as it also insulted the Bulgarian Church, causing a diplomatic incident, and the Church of Greece, whose canonical territory it invaded) for its faithfulness to Orthodoxy, may not attend. The Serbian Church...

Moscow, June 8, Interfax - PhD in History Natalya Narochnitskaya, speaking about the difficulties on the way of convening the Pan-Orthodox Council, accused the Constantinople Patriarchate as its actions can split the Orthodox world.

"At the present moment, relations among the Constantinople Patriarchate and other Orthodox Local Orthodox Churches cause serious concerns in light of the last...