WAS PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW PRESSURED OR IS HE A MAN OF VISION?

WAS PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW PRESSURED OR IS HE A MAN OF VISION?

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- Marta Dyczok: How will the tomos of autocephaly be implemented? Who has the authority to decide who will join this church?

- 0:09 Mr. Latyshko: All religious decisions are made by politicians now

- 0:13 Fr. Geoffrey Ready: What can we do to help support this decision and be part of the solution?

- 0:22 Piotr Wróbel: Will this tomos of autocephaly really help Ukraine? I am not sure about it. Does Ukraine need this challenge right now?

- 0:35 Frank Sysyn: Real social issues had to be solved

- 0:41 The tomos of autocephaly was unexpected because we didn't think that Constantinople would ever dare to do this given their situation, e.g. Erdogon government, Russian money, etc. The [Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople] must have been pushed very, very hard, or Patriarch Bartholenew is a man of vision and willing to do what he believes should be done

- 1:14 Jaroslaw Buciora: In the city of Lviv there are three bishops. According to the ecclesiology of the Orthodox Church, there can be only bishop in a city

- 1:28 The word for 'orthodox church' in the Polish state of the 15th century was 'synagogue'

- 1:41 Stavropegion means a cross is placed and you are directly under the authority of the Patriarch

- 1:55 Property rights on religious assets are decided by Ukrainian law

- 2:35 About 16% of the population of Ukraine attend church regularly. It is regionally different, much higher in Western Ukraine. Compared to Western Europe, a higher percentage of the population of Ukraine attend church or are connected with the church in some way. The tomos of autocephaly has been a tremendous step forward, otherwise, the conflict would have continued

Announcement at the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the 11th of October, 2018 from the Chief Secretariat of the Holy and Sacred Synod

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