PHOTO: Metropolitan of Volokolamsk Hilarion…
By Nick Stamatakis
Just a few days after the announcement of the creation of an Exarchate in Africa, the Moscow Patriarchate, through Metropolitan Hilarion, director of its foreign affairs, announced that “they cannot deny service to the Orthodox faithful in Turkey”. He was speaking to the Russian agency RIA-Novosti and he specifically accused Patriarch Bartholomew as well as Patriarch Theodoros of Alexandria of recognizing the schismatic Ukrainian church.
One has to note there are many more Russian Orthodox in Turkey than Greek or other ethnicities – some sources say that there are more than 50,000 Russians living in Turkey today. This move is a warning to all other Orthodox hierarchs: if you want to go down the road of Schism you will face it in all of your jurisdictions: in Europe, in Africa and certainly in America… For example, in Cyprus, where another 40-50,000 Russians live permanently, the Holy Synod is deeply divided on Ukrainian autocephaly; it is now feasible that, should Archbishop Chrysostomos finalize his support for the Ukrainian schismatics, Moscow will proceed to establish a new exarchate in Cyprus…
Bartholomew, the worst Patriarch Orthodoxy has had in the last few centuries, is now faced with the fruits of his own decisions: Arrogant as ever he is heading straight for the cliff. The now possible establishment of a Russian Exarchate in Turkey opens a wide range of possibilities for Moscow, backed by the power of the Kremlin.
Those who follow my writings will clearly remember how many times during the last five years yours truly warned Bartholomew that the day is not far when he will be expelled from Turkey once and for all. Given the tremendous amount of influence the Russians have currently over Erdogan – and there is no end in sight – one can now clearly see them setting the groundwork for taking over Constantinople symbolically and in other practical ways.
The Greek communities all over the world SHOULD DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO HELP THE PATRIARCHATE. The Constantinople Patriarchate has been undermining the political actions of the Greek Diaspora for decades, pursuing policies of rapprochement with the Neo-Ottomans of Ankara. Only four months ago, AB Elpidoktonos appeared next to the neo-Ottomans at the Turkish house in NYC; Bartholomew and his hierarchs worldwide, practically support the occupiers of Cyprus and the violators of Greek and Cypriot sovereign rights. Bartholomew himself has repeatedly blessed the killers of the Turkish Army in Syria – where they exterminated the oldest Christian Church on the planet – and only President Putin was able to save what was left of them. Therefore, the Greek diaspora has no interest to support the Patriarchate AT ALL. Let the chips fall where they may – but we should lift no finger to support the traitors of Hellenism and Orthodoxy…
If you sow winds you will end up with storms…
BELOW IS THE NEWS FROM THE GREEK STATE TV ERTNEWS.GR
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ERTNEWS.GR Aνταπόκριση: Αχιλλέας Πατσούκας
Λίγες μόλις ημέρες ύστερα από την απόφαση του Πατριαρχείου Μόσχας να ιδρύσει “Ρωσική Εξαρχία στην Αφρική”, πράξη η οποία προκάλεσε τη θλίψη του Πατριάρχη Αλεξανδρείας κ. Θεόδωρου, το Πατριαρχείο Μόσχας, αφήνει ανοικτό το ενδεχόμενο ίδρυσης “Ρωσικής Εξαρχίας” και στην Τουρκία. Με συνέντευξη του στο Ria Novosti, ο Μητροπολίτης Βολοκολάμσκ και πρόεδρος του Τμήματος Εξωτερικών Εκκλησιαστικών Σχέσεων (ΤΕΕΣ) του Πατριαρχείου Μόσχας Ιλαρίωνας, δήλωσε πως: “Η Ρωσική Ορθόδοξη Εκκλησία δεν μπορεί να αρνηθεί το να θρέψει τους Ορθόδοξους πιστούς στην Τουρκία”.
Αναφερόμενος στην πρόσφατη ίδρυση “Ρωσικής Εξαρχίας στην Αφρική” ο Μητροπολίτης Ιλαρίωνας την αιτιολόγησε, λέγοντας πως: «Το 2019, ο Θεόδωρος Β’, Πατριάρχης Αλεξανδρείας και πάσης Αφρικής, αναγνώρισε τη σχισματική Ορθόδοξη Εκκλησία της Ουκρανίας. Μιλώντας για τις συνέπειες αυτής της απόφασης, η Ρωσική Ορθόδοξη Εκκλησία, είχε σημειώσει πως αυτή μπορεί να επηρεάσουν τη φροντίδα των πιστών συμπατριωτών μας στην Αφρική, οι οποίοι ζουν στην κανονική επικράτεια του Πατριαρχείου Αλεξανδρείας».
Στα τέλη Δεκεμβρίου 2021, η σύνοδος της Ρωσικής Ορθόδοξης Εκκλησίας ανακοίνωσε την απόφαση για τη δημιουργία της Πατριαρχικής Εξαρχίας στην Αφρική.
Για πολλοστή φορά ο Μητροπολίτης Ιλαρίωνας επιτέθηκε προσωπικά προς τον Οικουμενικό Πατριάρχη κ. Βαρθολομαίο, λέγοντας πως: «Δεν μπορούσαμε να αρνηθούμε τους κληρικούς του Πατριαρχείου Αλεξανδρείας οι οποίοι αντιλήφθηκαν τη λανθασμένη θέση του Πατριάρχη τους και να τους αποδεχθούμε στο μαντρί της εκκλησίας του Πατριαρχείου Κωνσταντινουπόλεως καθώς και στην ποιμαντική σε συνθήκες κατά τις οποίες ο Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως πήρε το μέρος του σχίσματος».
Full speed for the ecumenical THRONE and PV whistle apathetically
Wow! This is getting interesting….what goes around, comes around! 😂
I wonder if I can open a little Russian church on my property in Greece? Could I do that? 🙏🏻☦️
Make your home your church until…protect your soul…until…the Lord tells you what to do. The world has gone mad.
How about all the Greek ethnics who are fed up with the GOC in America? We’re ready willing and able to join.
Eleni, I support your readiness to leave the GOARCH. By all means, leave and take your time, talent and treasure with you. The patriarch and the archbishop will not listen to individual complaints, but if enough laymen pick up and leave out of protest against their heresies, then they will eventually be forced to take notice. Meanwhile, you must find a place where you will be able to work out your own salvation in peace. Make the move primarily for the tranquility of your soul.
I’ve just left GOARCH myself with the close of the old year. I’ve left the parish council and the other ministries that I was involved in. This new year, I have begun to attend a Russian parish. God willing, I plan to become a steward of that parish.
How many of you are there who are ready to leave GOARCH? If you are talking about a group of several dozen in the same locality, I would urge you to contact an truly orthodox Orthodox bishop nearby. If you laypeople are keen to maintain the accoutrements of Hellenic culture, especially the Greek language, that is a specific request that may take more prayer and work to satisfy. I don’t favor it much myself, but I’m not Greek…or Russian.
If you are speaking of several dozen people in localities spread all over the map, or if it is just you and a few friends and relatives in one town, then I would urge you to contact the priest in charge of a nearby parish and pursue the matter with him. Of course, at times in our lives we tend to go “church shopping”. Perhaps there is a parish nearby that seems like a good fit for you. You can join that one.
I’ve already left the GOA for a Russian parish as well. There is no point in staying with the sinking ship, the GOA will be dead/irrelevant in the next 10 years anyways. This isn’t based off of wishful thinking but the numbers themselves, the GOA is hemorrhaging members.
A greater orthodox presence in Constantinople and Asia Minor is a good thing. Patriarch Bartholomew should be deposed. If that were to happen and I realize that is a big if, the patriarchal synod could be reconstituted with Russians and Greeks.
The churches of Greece and Cyprus should seize the opportunity to throw off the phanariot dictatorship and regain their autocephaly. Then reconcile with Russia and orthodoxy.
Patriarch Bartholomew had three years to correct his actions in Ukraine. Now he is paying the price. With the Russians in Constantinople maybe they will regain Hagia Sophia in the future. One can only hope.
I am a proud Greek but have a great love for the Russians.
Let’s remember great Greeks such as kolokotronis were pro Russian.
All part of the plan for the great enosis. Only the GOC embraced the Papal calendar in 1924. With that came many changes over the decades that has diluted our true orthodox faith. The ones that have kept the true greek orthodox faith are the old calenderists.
Η ΑΠΑΝΤΗΣΗ ΤΟΥ ΟΙΛΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΟΥ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΕΙΟΥ
ΔΟΞΑ ΤΩ ΛΕΝΙΝ ΠΟΥ ΣΥΝΕΤΡΙΨΕ ΤΟ ΒΔΕΛΥΡΟ ΤΕΡΑΣ ΤΟΥ ΤΣΑΡΙΣΜΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΠΑΛΛΑΞΕ ΤΗΝ ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΗ ΑΠΟ ΤΟΝ ΑΝΤΙΧΡΙΣΤΟ ΑΙΜΟΠΟΤΗΝ ΝΙΚΟΛΑΟ 2 ΠΟΥ ΜΑΣ ΕΜΠΟΔΗΣΕ ΝΑ ΠΑΡΟΥΜΕ ΤΗΝ ΠΟΛΗ ΤΟ 1915 ΜΕ ΤΗΝ ΜΥΣΤΙΚΗ ΣΥΜΦΩΝΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΛΟΝΔΙΝΟΥ,
ΜΩΑΜΕΘ ΣΗΜΕΡΟΝ ΜΕΤΑ ΤΟΥ ΓΕΝΝΑΔΙΩ
ΤΟΝ ΣΤΑΥΡΟΝ ΕΜΦΑΙΝΟΥΣΙ ΤΟ ΠΑΝΣΕΒΑΣΜΙΟΝ ΞΥΛΟΝ
ΑΙΣΧΥΝΗ ΟΝΤΑ ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΗΣ ΑΠΑΣΗΣ
ΑΝΑΚΤΩΝ ΚΡΑΤΑΙΩΝ ΕΙΣ ΚΡΑΤΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΣΤΕΡΕΩΜΑ
ΕΠΙΚΑΤΑΡΑΤΟΣ ΡΩΣΙΑ ΚΥΡΙΟΣ ΑΝΤΑΠΕΔΩΚΕ ΚΑΤΑ ΤΑ ΕΡΓΑ ΣΟΥ
Bout time! Alleluia! Bartholomew is irrelevant now. Let him seclude himself at his little wanna be papal compound and hide under the covers.
Not relevant to the article but is there any plans to make Ελληνοσκόπιο a printed (weekly or biweekly) newspaper?
We will give it some thought – but anything in print is costly and requires special business plans