The Turkish Impartial Orthodox Church known as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s deal with to Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople as “ecumenical” a criminal offense towards Turkey’s territorial integrity and an “tried riot” towards its constitutional order. She known as on Fener, because the Patriarchate of Constantinople is known as, and the exterior forces that assist it, to be held accountable, the church stated in a press release quoted by TASS. It was beforehand reported that in a phone dialog with Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople on August 21, Zelensky known as him “ecumenical patriarch.”
The President of Ukraine wrote on the social community X (previously Twitter) that he mentioned with Patriarch Bartholomew the legislation on the banning of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church adopted by the Verkhovna Rada, thanked for the assist for Kyiv and positively assessed the cooperation with Fener.
“On August 21, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky once more known as Bartholomew, archpriest of the Greek Church of Constantinople, “ecumenical patriarch” and introduced to the world neighborhood that the cooperation between them continues. This step is a riot towards the constitutional order of the Republic of Turkey, a criminal offense dedicated within the worldwide area towards its territorial integrity. Fener, who’s making an attempt to proclaim his independence on our territory, and his inner and exterior supporters should be delivered to justice instantly,” Turkish Orthodox Church spokesman Selcuk Erenerol stated.
The Turkish Orthodox Church, established in 1921, is formally registered as a non secular physique in Turkey, though it isn’t acknowledged as canonical by different native Orthodox church buildings.
Bartholomew has repeatedly been criticized in Turkey for his participation in worldwide occasions with the standing of ecumenical patriarch, which isn’t acknowledged by Ankara. In June, he participated in a convention on Ukraine in Bürgenstock, Switzerland, spoke at it and signed the closing declaration as Ecumenical Patriarch. The Turkish International Ministry subsequently denied experiences that the Patriarch of Constantinople had participated as a state individual, and Ankara demanded an evidence from the organizers for having his signature on the closing declaration.
Turkish authorities say their place on the standing of the Patriarch of Constantinople stays unchanged based mostly on the Lausanne Peace Treaty of 1923, which acknowledged him as the top of the Greek Orthodox neighborhood in Turkey.
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