Translation of "Metropolitan Community Church Toronto " (English → French) :

L. whereas Metropolitan Cornelius of the Estonian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate has stated that there are no grounds for intercommunal conflict and that he sees no reason to present the riots as a conflict between Estonian-language and Russian-language communities,

L. whereas Metropolitan Kornelius of the Russian Orthodox Church in Estonia has stated that there are no grounds for intercommunal conflict and that he sees no reason to present the riots as a conflict between Estonian-language and Russian-language communities,

Appearing before us will be the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada; Focus on the Family (Canada); a senior researcher on public policy; the National President of Women for Life, Faith and Family; the President of the Toronto District Muslim Education Assembly; the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto; the United Church; and the Naskapi Nation.

35. Reiterates its call to the Turkish authorities to put an immediate end to all activities discriminating against and creating difficulties for religious minorities, including in the area of property rights, legal status, internal management, environmental planning rules and the training of clergy; urges in this connection the reversal of the threats of seizure against the Greek Orthodox Orphanage of Priggipos (B. Ada) and the recognition of its property rights to its rightful owner, the Greek Orthodox community; reiterates its request for the reopening of the Greek Orthodox Halki seminary; regrets the fact that in the area of relig ...[+++]ious freedom there has so far been little improvement; calls upon Turkey to address all these difficulties drawing from the relevant case law of the European Court of Human rights (see a.o. case Kokkinakis, Manoussakis, Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia, Serif, Canea Catholic Church, Hasan and Chaush);

33. Reiterates its call to the Turkish authorities to put an immediate end to all activities discriminating against and creating difficulties for religious minorities, including in the area of property rights, legal status, internal management, environmental planning rules and the training of clergy; urges in this connection the reversal of the threats of seizure against the Greek Orthodox Orphanage of Priggipos (B. Ada) and the recognition of its property rights, to its rightful owner, the Greek Orthodox community; reiterates its request for the reopening of the Greek Orthodox Halki seminary; regrets the fact that in the area of reli ...[+++]gious freedom there has so far been little improvement; calls Turkey to address all these difficulties drawing from the relevant case law of the European Court of Human rights (see a.o. case Kokkinakis, Manoussakis, Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia, Serif, Canea Catholic Church, Hasan and Chaush);

The Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto is a member church of a fellowship of 300 Christian churches in 17 countries with a special ministry to lesbian and gay people.