By Nick Stamatakis

Helleniscope has a long history with Met. Emmanuel (now of Chalcedon, formerly of France) since the spring of 2019 when we revealed (then at “Kalami.us”) the “Gay Escort Scandal” in Paris involving Emmanuel’s “assistant” Maximos. He is considered among the main candidates for succeeding Bartholomew. Initially, he was supposed to be the Archbishop of America, but the Paris gay sex scandal changed these plans.

  • Emmanuel has been acting since 2018 and earlier as the Foreign Minister of the Phanar and was heavily involved in the Ukraine Autocephaly.
  • We have exposed his frequent trips to Kiev, many of which allegedly ended in Switzerland with briefcases full of cash to be deposited into the personal accounts held by Bartholomew and himself.

You can read the summary of his interview with the French magazine Le Point below or follow the link to the original. I bothered to go briefly through the whole interview, and I can assure you that Emmanuel is in panic mode, interrupted only by his hallucinations about Ukraine. The title of the French magazine says it all: “Zelensky Is Resisting in the Name of Freedom; We Must Support Him.

  • He speaks – the correct word is laments – about the “democratically elected President of Ukraine,” ignoring the fact that Zelensky, according to Ukraine’s Constitution, has lost legitimacy and elections had to be held last year… His lack of legitimacy is actually one of the main obstacles in the peace negotiations: he is not entitled to sign any agreement. If he is allowed to sign then the agreement becomes “null and void”.
  • Met. Emmanuel asks “Can we change borders like we change clothes? Can we replace the principles of law with the law of arms?”, but when it comes to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, he is mum, lest the Turkish Sultan not allow him to become Patriarch. Not one word about banning the press, the opposition parties, the Russian language by Zelensky. And, of course, not one mention of Met. Onufriy a holy man, leader of the UOC, the autocephalous Church under the Moscow Patriarchate, the church followed by 70% of the Orthodox before the war. All these events mean nothing to Emmanuel: For him, Zelensky is fighting for Freedom!…
  • He is trying to hide his fear of the approaching end to the war, because he knows that peace means mainly one thing: Religious freedom will be re-established in Ukraine and this will be the end of his trips to Kiev…
  • He is trying to dress his “sinking feelings” with the supposedly “optimistic” and happy news that Pope Francis and Pat. Bartholomew will celebrated the 1700 years of the Nicea Synod this May in Istanbul – in order to announce the common Catholic and Orthodox Easter.  Not one word about a Pan-Orthodox Synod to decide such serious issues. But God may have other plans… Let’s wait and see…
  • He discusses the instrumentalization of the Orthodox Church by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Patriarch Kirill, but he does not mention the role the Phanar has played for seven decades as a tool of the American Deep State.  Not one word of course, about the allegations for the $25 million the Patriarchate was bribed with to proceed with Ukraine’s “Cacocephaly”.

BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF THE INTERVIEW GENERATED BY A.I. – FOLLOWED BY THE REPORT FROM FOSFANARIOU.GR

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Key Themes and Highlights

  1. Support for Ukraine & Zelensky

    • Metropolitan Emmanuel strongly supports Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, calling his resistance a fight for freedom, both for Ukraine and globally.
    • He criticizes Moscow’s actions, denouncing the war as unjust and emphasizing the need for a just and lasting peace.
  2. The Role of Orthodoxy & Religious Conflicts

    • He discusses the instrumentalization of the Orthodox Church by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Patriarch Kirill.
    • The Moscow Patriarchate is accused of aligning with the Kremlin’s war efforts and promoting a nationalist ideology (“Russian World”), which Constantinople rejects.
    • The Patriarchate of Constantinople, he argues, acts as a defender of religious freedom, particularly in granting Ukraine’s Orthodox Church independence from Moscow.
  3. Relations with Pope Francis & the Vatican

    • He praises Pope Francis as a visionary leader advocating unity among Christians.
    • He highlights the Pope’s efforts toward humanitarian causes, peace, and Christian solidarity, noting strong relations between Constantinople and the Vatican.
  4. European & Global Politics

    • He acknowledges the importance of European nations, especially France and President Emmanuel Macron, in opposing Russia’s imperialist ambitions.
    • He views the West’s support for Ukraine as essential in countering authoritarianism.
  5. Christianity in Turkey & Relations with Erdogan

    • He notes Turkey’s historical role as a religious crossroads and its continued importance for Christian minorities.
    • He mentions President Erdogan’s engagement with religious leaders and the potential reopening of the Halki Orthodox Theological School as a positive sign.

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source – fosfanariou.gr

Interview of Metropolitan Emmanuel to Frendh Magazine Le Point: Zelensky Is Resisting in the Name Of Freedom, We Must Support Him 

The war in Ukraine, as well as the actions of Pope Francis, is referred to, among others, by His Eminence Metropolitan Elder of Chalcedon, Mr. Emmanuel, in an interview with the French magazine “Le Point”, entitled “Zelensky is resisting in the name of freedom, we must support him”.

The magazine’s journalist introduces Metropolitan Chalcedon, noting that he works directly with Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, is considered a man for difficult missions and that, having negotiated the independence of the Ukrainian Church in Kiev in 2018, his testimony is valuable for the current situation.

Referring to the issue of Ukraine, Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon states, among other things, that everyone wants peace, but this peace, in order to be true and lasting, must be just. Referring to Zelensky and the peace negotiations, he wonders to what extent “the democratically elected president of a country, whose future depends on a peace agreement, can be exempt from them? Can we change borders like we change clothes? Can we replace the principles of law with the law of arms?” He himself, as he states, had the opportunity to meet Zelensky many times. “I am not Ukrainian, I do not vote in Ukraine, but I am convinced that he embodies the voice of his people, that he is fighting for his homeland and resisting in the name of freedom, for them and for us. We must support him.”

Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon also prays, as he states, for a speedy recovery of Pope Francis, awaiting him – as planned for May – in Constantinople, to commemorate together with Patriarch Bartholomew the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea.

Making a brief historical review of the council in question, he refers to the differentiation in the calculation of the date of Easter for Eastern and Western Christians, revealing that, last June, when he visited Rome for the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, at the end of the divine service, Pope Francis had told him that “a great surprise is expected next year”, with him realizing that he was counting on the anniversary of the Council of Nicaea to announce his intention to end this divergence that so disturbs Christian sentiment.

9 COMMENTS

  1. Pope Francis has hinted that he is planning to change the Roman Catholic calculation of Easter to match the Orthodox Paschalion:

    “Francis has reaffirmed on several occasions the position officially taken by St. Paul VI in the 1960s that if Eastern Christians agree on a way to determine a common date for Easter, the Catholic Church would accept it.”

    Yes, all the Eastern Orthodox Churches already agree on a common date for Pascha.

    https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/vatican-news/catholics-will-accept-common-date-easter-east-west-pope-says

    • Good analogy Alex! The tires are really falling off the clown car now.

      The fish rots from the head down. Between Black Bart and this clown, the Phanar must really stink at this point.

    • It would be nice if, before I die, I could tell my kids and grandkids that it’s OK to participate in the Greek Orthodox Church in America again.

      If only the Clergy would step up en masse….. … (sigh) that’s WAY too big an ask, I guess.

  2. The best think would be for Barto to step down. He is not in touch with reality and his actions don’t even lead to unity in the OC. It would be imprudent to create a bigger mess. Sometimes I think maybe he is not right in the head. More recently he expressed that there was no schism between Rome and Constantinople in 1054. He clearly lives in a parallel universe or a different planet. He is twisting and turning things and leaves a disaster behind him, creating more schisms. Ukraine and now the mess he is starting in Estonia, are proof that he is a terrible patriarch. He is Barto the Terrible.

    https://spzh.eu/en/news/85480-pat-bartholomew-there-was-no-schism-between-rome-and-constantinople-in-1054

  3. Give the stink eye to any Archon you see. It is their stupid/easy money that has enabled all this corruption in the leadership of the Church.

    And as much as no one wants to hear it, you can thank Archbishop Iakovos for launching that ship….
    Archbishop Demetrios even admitted they didn’t care how that money was made!

  4. The lies of the Phanar continue. Who can possibly still believe them? The true Orthodox in Ukraine will not even convert under enormous pressure and after all the beatings. So narcissistic! of Barto and company to think anyone actually would have the desire to get out of a canonical church and enter a schismatic one, to be under the “ecumenical” patriarch!
    https://spzh.eu/en/news/85557-constantinople-hierarch-we-told-macron-70-of-ukrainians-want-the-tomos

  5. SCANDAL. The Orthodox Metropolitan of France Emmanuel, on vacation on a Greek island, without a cassock and shaved??? (complaint from believers)
    https://opaidagogos.blogspot.com/2016/08/blog-post_1.html

    A very interesting Quiz about the “Orthodox” Metropolitan of France, Mr. Emmanuel!!!
    https://opaidagogos.blogspot.com/2016/06/blog-post_23.html

    Open letter. To: Metropolitan of France Mr. Emmanuel
    https://opaidagogos.blogspot.com/2016/10/blog-post_45.html

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