Bulgarian Orthodox Leader Affirms Desire for Unity

[crazzeto]

Are Bulgarian Orthodox Christian’s next? God willing!

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VATICAN CITY (Zenit.org) - A Bulgarian Orthodox prelate told Benedict XVI of his desire for unity, and his commitment to accelerate communion with the Catholic Church.

At the end of Wednesday’s general audience, Bishop Tichon, head of the diocese for Central and Western Europe of the Patriarchate of Bulgaria, stated to the Pope, “We must find unity as soon as possible and finally celebrate together,” L’Osservatore Romano reported.

“People don’t understand our divisions and our discussions,” the bishop stated. He affirmed that he will “not spare any efforts” to work for the quick restoration of “communion between Catholics and Orthodox.”

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[ljubim]

Oh I hope so!! What a blessing that we have been placed in this time in history to be a part of this!

 

[jimmy]

The bishop sounds naive. It sounds like he wants to simply declare unity without there being doctrinal agreement.

Oh I hope so!! What a blessing that we have been placed in this time in history to be a part of this!

Don’t get your hopes up too soon. The Orthodox are not going to join the Catholic Church anytime soon and the reverse won’t happen either. This bishop might work for union but one bishop won’t bring it about. I hope there is union but I wouldn’t assume that there will be within my lifetime because there is a long way to go before that is even possible.

 

[Love_is_Patient]

Yay!

Seriously, whenever reunion between Catholics and Orthodox takes place (probably years from now), I think it’s only fitting that we throw the world’s biggest party. The Catholics can bring the wine and pizza, the Orthodox can bring the vodka and pierogis.

Love is Patient