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• Both the Oriental and Eastern Orthodox Churches have essentially established that there is no theological separation (secondary to Chalcedon) of the churches in our dogmas. However, perhaps due to time and distance, the discussions to bring unity has lagged behind in priorities for our generation.  Are there any discussions, meetings, or councils that are being planned by the bishops of the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches, and if so, when?  If there is not an official meeting, is there anything we, as the congregations of the churches, can do to encourage unity of the Orthodox believers in the very near future? If division is tragic and heart-breaking in our history, the unity once more to the churches will be a joy to the body of Christ. 
• I have recently been researching the differences between the Greek and Coptic Orthodox Churches. I was on the suscopts Q&A page under Monophysitism and I was reading the responses to people who asked this same question. However, I noticed that the difference was a simple misunderstanding and that this split that happened in the Council of Chalcedon due to political reasons. Since we technically believe in the same thing, that the Lord Jesus Christ was both perfectly human and God in one being, is there any chance that our Churches will become one with the same beliefs, just as we, the Coptic Orthodox, are one with the other non-Chalcedonian Churches?
• What are the reasons that the oriental Orthodox Churches are not in communion with the Eastern Orthodox Churches?