- Feb 5, 2002
- 167,668
- 56,886
- Country
- United States
- Faith
- Catholic
- Marital Status
- Married
- Politics
- US-Others
He challenges his Moscow counterpart Kirill on the historical ideology of ‘panslavism’. No to nationalist heresy, yes to original apostolic universalism. In the Russian Orthodox world religion is exploited for political and ideological reasons. The help of the Church of Rome is needed to overcome the differences between “Greeks and Russians”.
(ZENIT News – Asia News / Moscow, 12.19.2022).- The words pronounced by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (Archontonis) in a wide-ranging speech have caused a stir in Russia and around the world. For the first time after almost a year of the Russian war in Ukraine, he gave his authoritative reading of Russia’s history and its universal claims, which directly call into question its relations with the mother Church of Constantinople.
Speaking on 9 December about the changes taking place in the world as a whole, and the role of religion in this context, Bartholomew focused his attention on the role Moscow is trying to assume. Giving due consideration to the specific development of Christianity in Russia, the patriarch of the ‘second Rome’ challenged his colleague from the ‘third Rome’ Kirill to perpetuate a misunderstanding that has lasted for more than two centuries, which he identified with the historical ideology of ‘Panslavism’.
Continued below.
zenit.org
(ZENIT News – Asia News / Moscow, 12.19.2022).- The words pronounced by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (Archontonis) in a wide-ranging speech have caused a stir in Russia and around the world. For the first time after almost a year of the Russian war in Ukraine, he gave his authoritative reading of Russia’s history and its universal claims, which directly call into question its relations with the mother Church of Constantinople.
Speaking on 9 December about the changes taking place in the world as a whole, and the role of religion in this context, Bartholomew focused his attention on the role Moscow is trying to assume. Giving due consideration to the specific development of Christianity in Russia, the patriarch of the ‘second Rome’ challenged his colleague from the ‘third Rome’ Kirill to perpetuate a misunderstanding that has lasted for more than two centuries, which he identified with the historical ideology of ‘Panslavism’.
Continued below.
Patriarch Bartholomew asks Rome to help Constantinople and Moscow get rid of political burdens - ZENIT - English
He challenges his Moscow counterpart Kirill on the historical ideology of 'panslavism'. No to nationalist heresy, yes to original apostolic universalism. In the Russian Orthodox world religion is exploited for political and ideological reasons. The help of the Church of Rome is needed to...
zenit.org
