| Archbishop Hilarion Alfeyev, Russia
Archbishop Alfeyev is the Chairman of the Inter-Christian Affairs of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate. He is the author of 250 publications including 30 books in six languages. He holds a doctoral degree in philosophy from Oxford and a doctorate in theology from St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris. Archbishop Alfeyev is an accomplished musician, whose religious oratorios have been performed in Rome, Moscow and other venues. He is the former Bishop of Vienna and Austria, and was elevated to the dignity of Archbishop in April 2009. |
| Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, Turkey
His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is the 270th successor to the Apostle Andrew and spiritual leader of 300 million Orthodox Christians worldwide. Since ascending the Ecumenical Throne on November 2nd, 1991, he has tirelessly pursued the vision of his enthronement message - spiritual revival, Orthodox unity, Christian reconciliation, interfaith tolerance and coexistence, protection of the environment and a world united in peace, justice, solidarity and love. |
| Prior Isabelle Flye-Saintmarie, Israel
Sr. Isabelle Flye Sainte Marie is prioress of the monastic family of Bethlehem, the Assumption of the Virgin and St. Bruno. The monastic family consists of 28 houses in 14 countries. The charateristic of this monastic family consists of a liturgical life, silence, solitude and fraternal communion in deep listening to the gospel. |
| The Most Rev. Frank T. Griswold, Former Presiding Bishop, USA
Frank Griswold was elected to a nine-year term as Presiding Bishop at the 1997 General Convention and invested in January 1998. He serves as Primate and chief pastor of the Episcopal Church, president of the House of Bishops, president and chief executive officer of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, and president or chair of numerous Episcopal Church boards and agencies. |
| Bishop Lennart Koskinen, Sweden
Lennart K. Koskinen is Bishop of Visby and the Church of Sweden overseas. A student of eastern and western philosophy, Sanskrit and Greek, he received his PhD in theology in 1980, and has served as lecturer in philosophy of religion. He has served as Dean of the Cathedral of Stockholm and assistant to the Bishop of Stockholm, where he was responsible for social-ethical questions, contacts with civil society and international dialogue. He represented Archbishop K.G. Hammar at the First Meeting of the Board of World Religious Leaders. |
| Cardinal Jorge Maria Mejia, Vatican
Jorge Maria Cardinal Mejia has served as Secretary of the College of Cardinals and Archivist and Librarian of the Holy Roman Church. He has taught Sacred Scripture, Biblical Greek, Hebrew and Archeology, as well as serving as the Director of the Catholic Journal Criterio for over 20 years. He received the red biretta and the deaconry of S. Girolama della Carita, in 2001. Cardinal Mejia heads the Vatican delegation to the dialogue with the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. |
| Patriarch Mesrob II, Turkey
Patriarch Mesrob II was elected the 84th Armenian Patriarch of Istanbul & All Turkey in 1998. Before his enthronement he served as Patriarchal Locum Tenens and Chairman of the Patriarchal Synod. He has taught Ecunmenical Theology at St. Thomas Aquinas University in Rome and Old Testament Studies at the Armenian Theological Seminary in Jerusalem. |
| Archbishop Boutrous Mouallem, Israel
His Excellency Archbishop Boutrous Mouallem was ordained as Metropolite of Sao Paulo and all of Brazil in 1990. He was been appointed by Paul VI and later confirmed by John Paul II as the only Oriental Catholic member in the committee of the Catholic-Orthodox Theological dialogue. Archbishop Muallem has been active in many interfaith initiatives, including participating at the first International Christian-Jewish Conference in 1994. He was appointed Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Galilee in 1998 and has published over 40 books in Arabic and Portuguese. |
| Bishop Vincentiu Grifoni, Romania
Bishop Vincentiu Grifoni is Bishop of the Diocese of Slobozia and Calarasi in Romania. His previous post was Assistant to the Patriarch-Secretary of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church. He was formerly abbot of the Romanian Settlement in Jerusalem. In 2000, he was named Secretary of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church. He represented the Romanian Orthodox Church at different orthodox, ecumenical and interreligious meetings, symposiums and congresses. |
| Cardinal Telesphore Placidus Toppo, India
Telesphore Placidus Toppo is a Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Ranchi in the Roman Catholic Church. He is the first Adivasi Indian to be created a Cardinal. Born the 8th of 10 children, Toppo studied at St. Xavier's College, Ranchi and Theology at the Urbanianum, Rome. After a stint at Torpa, as Headmaster of St Joseph's School and Director of the Lievens Vocational Center, Toppo was ordained bishop for the diocese of Dumka and soon tranferred to Ranchi as Archbishop. A polyglot, Toppo speaks Oraon, Hindi, Sadri, English, and Italian. Toppo was made Cardinal by Pope John Paul II on 21 October 2003. He is the current president of CBCI (Catholic Bishops' Conference of India). |
| Abbot Primate Notker Wolf OSB, Italy
Dr. Notker Wolf OSB is Titular head and first representative of the Benedictine Order, which consists of monasteries throughout the world of 8,500 men and 16,500 women. He is the Abbot of the Primatial Abbey of Sant'Anselmo, Rome and Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical College of Sant'Anselmo, Rome. |
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