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The fact that the majority of Orthodox Churches to go to Amman attests the recognition of Patriarch Bartholomew’s prerogative, - theologian

25.02.2020, 11:10

The refusal on the part of the majority of local Churches to attend the "fraternal" meeting in Amman indicates that a stable majority in the Orthodox world still agrees that the Ecumenical Patriarch has exclusive prerogatives in the field of inter-Orthodox cooperation.

The refusal on the part of the majority of local Churches to attend the "fraternal" meeting in Amman indicates that a stable majority in the Orthodox world still agrees that the Ecumenical Patriarch has exclusive prerogatives in the field of inter-Orthodox cooperation.

Theologian Archimandrite Cyril Hovorun expressed this opinion in his Telegram channel, Religiyna Pravda ("Religious truth") reports.

"This majority includes even the Patriarch of Jerusalem, who raised the canonical status of the meeting initiated by him to an INFORMAL one," the theologian believes.

“This meeting is really not a format, because it does not comply with any of the known canonical formats of conciliarity. However, the Churches that have decided to go to Amman are not doing this “to oppose Constantinople”, but in order to preserve relations with Moscow. Maintaining relations with everyone, in my opinion, is now the most correct policy,”  he concludes.

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