![]() ![]() He called on the clergy of the Patriarchate of Alexandria, “to remain faithful to our Patriarchate, which spoke to you of the Gospel of Christ and gave you the Holy Baptism, to close your ears and your eyes to the promises and the dirty exchanges – (like “The thirty pieces of silver of Judah”) – of people whom until yesterday you did not even know existed because the spiritual danger is enormous.Īlways have before your eyes the endless sacrifices and costs in human power and resources that we all spent together to build the presence of the Orthodox Church in Africa and to give daily and with works of love the testimony of the Gospel throughout our beloved continent”. This action is utterly hostile to our Patriarchate as it is contrary to many other Canons which forbid one Church from violating the borders of another. “. ![]() Patriarch Theodore then added: “Unfortunately, the Church of Russia, in retaliation, violated the Tradition of the Ecumenical Councils, which were respected by all the Patriarchs of Russia until today, in blessed Africa, its own Church (Exarchate), as an act and practice purely inspired by “Colonialism” and tries to “steal” priests and Christians from our Patriarchate, using impermissible means. In fact, after recognizing the right of the Ecumenical Patriarchate as the only one competent to grant Autocephaly, he emphasized that with the decision of the Ecumenical Patriarchate to grant the Tomos of Autocephaly to the Church of Ukraine, “our Patriarchate agreed, since it is in accordance with the sacred canons and the tradition of our Church.”. As the Patriarch of Alexandria emphasized, these “wolves” approached “without any blessing or permission” of the Patriarchate to some parts in Africa and sowed weeds of division, “which grew and reaped and threaten to drown the work of our Apostolic Patriarchate, which is being done with effort, sacrifice, and blood for many decades”. ![]()
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