A united Ukraine under the Mother Church of Constantinople


Comments

  1. ShaneAugust 4, 2016 at 11:10 PM

    This is an interesting letter, but I don't understand why it's in English. Do Constantinople and Ukraine use English as their language of communication?

    ReplyDelete
  2. DanielBodnarAugust 5, 2016 at 1:53 AM

    By the way, Arseniy Yatsenyuk is a Greek-Catholic (Uniate)...

    ReplyDelete
  3. Steve_BarrieAugust 5, 2016 at 7:54 AM

    A lot has happened since Easter on May 1st, 2016. For example, Archbishop Job is in Ukraine.
    As for the language, EP written contact with Ukraine is and has been in Ukrainian but usually the Ukrainian versions, Greek versions and English versions are posted on the official web site. Where is the link to the web site for this letter? Why is addressed to the Prime Minister instead of the President?

    ReplyDelete
  4. rhartscAugust 5, 2016 at 11:14 AM

    The EP has no jurisdiction in the internal affairs of the Russian or Ukrainian Church. Any attempt to interfere will be its final undoing.

    ReplyDelete
  5. SamuelMorseAugust 5, 2016 at 4:37 PM

    The Orthodox world cannot soon enough be rid of the Pretender-Pope Bart of Istanbul. His clutching acqusitiveness would do a politician proud.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Matvey CassAugust 5, 2016 at 8:20 PM

    Please pay attention to the following:
    1) This letter is dated Holy Pascha 2015, making it over a year old.

    2) It is addressed to Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who resigned as prime minister and was replaced by Vladimir Groisman on April 14, 2016 (before Holy Pascha of this year).

    If this is real news, it's old news, too old to be directly linked to the current discussion about who can grant Ukraine autonomy.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Byzantine, TXAugust 6, 2016 at 7:29 PM

      The comment some have is that what Met. Job had to say was unrelated to anything Constantinople has ever said. It seems Constantinople has been saying similar things for well over a year.

      Delete
    2. Matvey CassAugust 7, 2016 at 4:06 PM

      Wow, I didn't think of it that way. That's a very good point. Thank you, Father!

      Delete
    3. Steve_BarrieAugust 8, 2016 at 8:35 AM

      But "Josephus Flavius" you still have not explained where you got this image scan of a letter and where is the original. The EP has repeatedly said that Constantinople is the Mother Church of Ukraine. Producing a year old scan of a letter without a source only muddies the waters and causes confusion.

      Delete
  7. Byzantine, TXAugust 8, 2016 at 8:51 AM

    Oh, it was sent to me on Facebook.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

EP calls different Paschal dates a "scandal"

( Orthodox Times ) - Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew extended in his homily his heartfelt wishes to all the non-Orthodox Christians who celebrated the Holy Easter on Sunday, March 31, after presiding over the Sunday Divine Liturgy at the Church of Saint Theodore of the Community of Vlanga. “On this day, the timeless message of the Resurrection resonates more profoundly than ever, as our non-Orthodox Christian brethren and sisters commemorate the resurrection of our Lord from the dead, celebrating Holy Easter. We have already sent our representatives to all the Christian Communities of the confessions here, to extend our heartfelt wishes of the Holy Great Church of Christ and our Patriarchal congratulations. But also from this position we extend a heartfelt greeting of love to all Christians around the world who celebrate Holy Easter today. We beseech the Lord of Glory that the forthcoming Easter celebration next year will not merely be a fortuitous occurrence, but rather the beginning...
Read more

Coptic Church SUSPENDS dialogue with Catholic Church

Image
( OCP ) - Cairo – Egypt: The plenary session of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church was held on March 07.2024, at the Logos Center at the Papal Residence in the Monastery of Saint Anba Bishoy in Wadi Natroun, headed by His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, and attended by 110 of its 133 members. His Holiness the Pope delivered a speech at the opening of the session, in which he spoke about the importance of fruit in the life and service of the shepherd through “the parable of the unfruitful fig tree” (Luke 13:6-9). The main committees of the Holy Synod held their annual meetings starting last Monday and for three days, at the papal headquarters in St. Mark’s Cathedral in Abbasiya, to discuss the reports submitted to them by their subcommittees.  It issued its recommendations, which were presented to the members of the Academy in today’s plenary session for approval. The Church announced its opinion on the issue of “homosexuality” through a statement issued by the Holy Synod (to b...
Read more

"Those people in the back" - a quandary

Image
"I am the door. By me if any man enter in he shall be saved, and shall go in and out and find pasture." - John 10:9 At every parish where I have had the pleasure of attending services, there is always a small group of people who find their way all the way up to the church building but don't actually attend services. At one parish it was a group of male gypsies who talked on cellphones or smoked cigarettes. At another it was a few Protestant husbands who, though they never attended services, opened the parish doors for people as they filed in. At yet another parish the men stood in the narthex and chatted until it was time to receive and then got in line. Latin or Greek Catholic, Eastern or Oriental Orthodox I see the same small throng of men standing next to the front door, but not standing, sitting, or kneeling amongst the people. If it were me (and I can only speak for myself here) this option would be an unsavory one. The boredom would be immediate. The anxiety of som...
Read more