The ''Charta Oecumenica'' (

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for " Ecumenical Charter") is a joint document from the

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(CEC) and the

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(CCEE, ''Consilium Conferentiarum Episcoporum Europae'') which contains guidelines for increasing co-operation among the churches in

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. It was signed by the presidents of the CEC and the CCEE on 22 April 2001 (Sunday after Easter) on the occasion of the European ecumenical meeting in Strasbourg.

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Text of the Charta Oecumenica
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