KYIV. Patriarchs Held Tête-à-Tête Meeting
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At the residence of His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr the meeting ‘behind closed doors' between His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II was held. Upon its completion the Patriarchs commented on the results of the negotiations for the press.
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I noted that "such talks are very useful for the sake of constructive dialogue especially if there are some problems between the fraternal Orthodox Churches". "We decided to work for improving relations between the two Orthodox Churches - that of Russia and of Constantinople, since we are both responsible for the unity of Orthodoxy", said His All Holiness the Patriarch of Constantinople-New Rome Bartholomew I. Also the Ecumenical Patriarch expressed hope that the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church would visit the Pan-Orthodox meeting which would be held in October 2008 in Istanbul.
His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia also supported idea of negotiations for solving the problems existing between the Churches." "Today the issues of controversy were claimed and we agreed that the delegations of our Churches must prepare certain developments in this connection. And we will make decisions corresponding with the interests of our Churches", he summed up.
Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations archimandrite Cyril (Hovorun) commented on the given meeting as follows: "The question of the Local Church is a great concern both of the state authorities and of the society; it is in the focus of attention of the entire Orthodox world, of the international community. To even more extent this issue is a great concern of the Church. We have spoken more then once of the need of ecclesiastic unity. This question was on the agenda of the Patriarchs' meeting. To my mind the main result achieved is that since now any steps aimed at overcoming splits in the Ukrainian Orthodoxy will be taken together. There will be no unilateral actions, no solely political initiatives. The cooperation between the Church and authorities, between the Churches in Ukraine and between the Churches at the Pan-Orthodox level will be improved. And this is the most obvious conclusion of the dialogue." "These negotiations really became a historical event for the relations between the two Churches, and in the newest history of the Orthodox Church in general. This dialogue can be called the most remarkable event among all the festivities on the occasion of the 1020th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus, These negotiations laid the foundation of the new stage of interrelations, of cooperation between the two greatest and the most influential Churches in the Orthodox world", stated head of the Department for External Church Relations.
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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I noted that "such talks are very useful for the sake of constructive dialogue especially if there are some problems between the fraternal Orthodox Churches". "We decided to work for improving relations between the two Orthodox Churches - that of Russia and of Constantinople, since we are both responsible for the unity of Orthodoxy", said His All Holiness the Patriarch of Constantinople-New Rome Bartholomew I. Also the Ecumenical Patriarch expressed hope that the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church would visit the Pan-Orthodox meeting which would be held in October 2008 in Istanbul.
His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia also supported idea of negotiations for solving the problems existing between the Churches." "Today the issues of controversy were claimed and we agreed that the delegations of our Churches must prepare certain developments in this connection. And we will make decisions corresponding with the interests of our Churches", he summed up.
Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations archimandrite Cyril (Hovorun) commented on the given meeting as follows: "The question of the Local Church is a great concern both of the state authorities and of the society; it is in the focus of attention of the entire Orthodox world, of the international community. To even more extent this issue is a great concern of the Church. We have spoken more then once of the need of ecclesiastic unity. This question was on the agenda of the Patriarchs' meeting. To my mind the main result achieved is that since now any steps aimed at overcoming splits in the Ukrainian Orthodoxy will be taken together. There will be no unilateral actions, no solely political initiatives. The cooperation between the Church and authorities, between the Churches in Ukraine and between the Churches at the Pan-Orthodox level will be improved. And this is the most obvious conclusion of the dialogue." "These negotiations really became a historical event for the relations between the two Churches, and in the newest history of the Orthodox Church in general. This dialogue can be called the most remarkable event among all the festivities on the occasion of the 1020th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus, These negotiations laid the foundation of the new stage of interrelations, of cooperation between the two greatest and the most influential Churches in the Orthodox world", stated head of the Department for External Church Relations.
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