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On Wednesday, June 11th, His Eminence, Metropolitan PHILIP received the newly elected and enthroned Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR), His Eminence, HILARION. His Eminence was elected and enthroned in May as the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in New York City following the death of His Eminence, Metropolitan LAURUS. It was the first meeting ever of these bishops; they exchanged greetings and presented each other with gifts. They pledged to work together and cooperate as they both work to build up the body of Christ on this continent and begin a new chapter in the history of inter-Orthodox Church relations in North America.

The Romanian Orthodox Episcopate in America (OCA) announced that a Proposal to unite the two Romanian eparchies in North America under the Church of Romania would be presented to the Episcopate Congress. The press release stated:

"...the Episcopate Council voted that it (the Proposal) next be presented to the annual session of the Episcopate Congress on July 4-5 at the Episcopate headquarters in Grass Lake, Michigan. His Eminence, Archbishop Nathaniel has stated that he will place it on the agenda for discussion at the Clergy Conference, on July 3. The complexity of a potential unity of the two bodies, which have existed separately for some 60 years, will necessitate that practical, legal and financial matters, etc., also be studied and agreed upon."

"It was clearly stated that the JDC (Joint Dialogue Commission) had not been in Romania in February to discuss a return under the Romanian Patriarchate, and that any future relationship would have to be recognized as a step forward toward the inevitable, unified Orthodox Church in North America. At the same time, His Beatitude, Patriarch Daniel made a far-reaching proposal which the JDC considered to be a step in that direction. It therefore discussed the matter with its counterpart in the ROAA (Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of America) on April 14, 2008. This resulted in a detailed 'Proposal to Establish a Romanian Orthodox Metropolitanate of North America' into a single entity, in canonical relationship with (not under) the Romanian Orthodox Church. The archbishops of both eparchies, NATHANIEL (Popp) and NICOLAE (Condrea), have given their blessings to forward this proposal."