Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomeos

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Vartholomeos to Kirill: ‘You should resign’

'If need be, he should sacrifice his throne to tell Putin, “Mr. President, I cannot agree with you and I am resigning,' the Ecumenical Patriarch declared.

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Vartholomeos denounces desecration of Panagia Soumela, Greek president ‘shocked’

In 1998, the Greek Parliament recognised the genocide of the Pontic Greek population carried out by the Turks and made 19 May a day of commemoration. The Panaghia [Virgin Mary] Soumela icon was taken to Greece when Pontian Greeks fled.

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Vartholomeos to Moscow Patriarchate : ‘I couldn’t care less’ about your disruption of communion

The US government has steadfastly supported the Ecumenical Patriarchate for nearly a century and has supported Vartholomeos' move to grant the Ukrainian Church autonomy and in the dispute with the Russian Church, which was high on the agenda of Vartholomeos' one-hour meeting  with Joe Biden.