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The Joint Commission of the Theological Dialogue Between the Orthodox Church and the Oriental Orthodox Church are a series of ecumenical dialogues between the Eastern Orthodox churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches. The division between the churches can be traced to the years following the Council of Chalcedon (451) whose Christological teaching the Oriental Orthodox did not accept. Attempts to mend the schism "were abandoned in the mid-sixth century" and remained dormant until these meetings and dialogues in the mid- to late-20th century.

The Joint Commission believes both Churches share the same Christological beliefs in substance, the differences being semantic in nature, and that the schism can be mended.

Unofficial Meetings
Four unofficial meetings between clergy and theologians of the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches took place.

=== Aarhus, Denmark (1964) ===

=== Bristol, England (1967) ===

=== Geneva, Switzerland (1970) ===

Official Dialogues
The unofficial meetings led to a series of official dialogues between the two Churches.

Geneva, Switzerland (15 December, 1985)
Culminating a joint Communique by Professor Dr. Chrysostomos Konstantinidis (Metropolitan of Myra, Ecumenical Patriarchate) and Bishop Bishoy (Coptic Orthodox Church) : "...For  the  next  meetings,  whose  aim  would  be  to  rediscover  our  common  grounds  in Christology  and  ecclesiology,  the  following  main  theme  and  subsequent  sub-themes were  agreed  upon: Towards  a Common Christology


 * 1) Problems of terminology;
 * 2) Conciliar formulations;
 * 3) Historical factors;
 * 4) Interpretation of Christological dogmas today..."

Wadi El-Natroun, Egypt (24 June, 1989)
First Agreed Statement.

Geneva, Switzerland (28 September, 1990)
Second Agreed Statement.

Geneva, Switzerland (6 November, 1993)
Publishing Proposals for Lifting Anathemas.