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The ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, after returning from Jerusalem and from the historic meeting with Pope Francis in the Holy Sepulchre, revealed an important date for the unity between the catholics and orthodox: a meeting between them in Nicea in 2025, the place where the first truly ecumenical council was celebrated.
Speaking exclusively with AsiaNews, Bartholemew said that with Pope Francis “we’ve decided to leave a legacy to ourselves and to our successors in meeting in Nicea in 2025, to celebrate all together, after 17 centuries, the first truly ecumenical Synod where our creed arose.”
Bartholemew encountered Francis 50 years after the historic hug between Paul VI and Athenagoras. The encounter in 1964 broke the large silence of centuries between orient and occident Christians, with all the socio-political consequences that arose, and of which Europe still suffers.
The encounter in the Holy Sepulchre in these days gives hope to the dialogue between catholics and orthodox, two christian viewpoints that while diverse, experience a common vision of the sacraments and apostolic tradition.
“The dialogue towards unity between catholics and orthodox -said the Patriarch via AsiaNews- comes from Jerusalem. In this city, in the next Autumn, will be realized an encounter of the Cathollic-Orthodox Commission, hosted by the Greek-Orthodox Patriarch Theophelus III. In this long road in which all must commit to without hypocrisy.
“Jerusalem -he continued- is the place, the land of dialogue between God and man, the place where the Word of God was made incarnate. Our predecessors, Athenagores and Paul VI had chosen this place to break the silence between the two sister Churches.”
“I’ve walked with my brother Francis in this Holy Land not with fear or tremors of [Cleofas?] and Lucas on the road toward [Emaus?] but inspired for the palpable hope taught by Our Lord.”
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The ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, after returning from Jerusalem and from the historic meeting with Pope Francis in the Holy Sepulchre, revealed an important date for the unity between the catholics and orthodox: a meeting between them in Nicea in 2025, the place where the first truly ecumenical council was celebrated.
Speaking exclusively with AsiaNews, Bartholemew said that with Pope Francis “we’ve decided to leave a legacy to ourselves and to our successors in meeting in Nicea in 2025, to celebrate all together, after 17 centuries, the first truly ecumenical Synod where our creed arose.”
Bartholemew encountered Francis 50 years after the historic hug between Paul VI and Athenagoras. The encounter in 1964 broke the large silence of centuries between orient and occident Christians, with all the socio-political consequences that arose, and of which Europe still suffers.
The encounter in the Holy Sepulchre in these days gives hope to the dialogue between catholics and orthodox, two christian viewpoints that while diverse, experience a common vision of the sacraments and apostolic tradition.
“The dialogue towards unity between catholics and orthodox -said the Patriarch via AsiaNews- comes from Jerusalem. In this city, in the next Autumn, will be realized an encounter of the Cathollic-Orthodox Commission, hosted by the Greek-Orthodox Patriarch Theophelus III. In this long road in which all must commit to without hypocrisy.
“Jerusalem -he continued- is the place, the land of dialogue between God and man, the place where the Word of God was made incarnate. Our predecessors, Athenagores and Paul VI had chosen this place to break the silence between the two sister Churches.”
“I’ve walked with my brother Francis in this Holy Land not with fear or tremors of [Cleofas?] and Lucas on the road toward [Emaus?] but inspired for the palpable hope taught by Our Lord.”
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