‘PERSECUTION: ANCIENT SCOURGE; MODERN CRISIS’: ATHENS

Συνοδική Επιτροπή επί των Διορθοδόξων και Διαχριστιανικών Σχέσεων Synodical Committee for Inter-Orthodox and Inter-Christian Relations

 ‘Persecution: Ancient Scourge; Modern Crisis’: 

  Ομιλία του Αγγλικανού Επισκόπου Truro, Rt Revd Philip Mountstephen στο Συνοδικό Μέγαρο

 εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος eis to ónoma toû Patros kai toû Huioû kai toû Hagíou Pneúmatos. Amen 

I dedicate this lecture today to the memory of Chris Parry. Chris was a young man from Cornwall who died while rescuing civilians from Russian aggression in Ukraine. His funeral is taking place while I’m here in Athens so today I honour his memory and his sacrificial service of others. And the issues in the conflict in Ukraine are very relevant to this subject I’m want to address today: ‘Persecution: Ancient Scourge; Modern Crisis’ I had an unusual start to my Christmas in 2018 when I was rung up by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, who asked me if I’d be willing to lead a review of the way the Foreign Office, the FCO, had addressed - or otherwise - the persecution of Christians...

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‘Persecution: Ancient Scourge; Modern Crisis’: Athena