Διαβάστε το ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΘΕΝ του Οικουμενικού Πατριαρχείου
Ἡ Ἁγία καί Ἱερά Σύνοδος κατά τήν σημερινήν συνεδρίαν αὐτῆς συνεζήτησε τό θέμα τῆς ἐπικειμένης καί ἐξαγγελθείσης ἤδη ὑπό τοῦ Βατικανοῦ κατά Μάϊον συναντήσεως ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις τῆς Αὐτοῦ Ἁγιότητος τοῦ Πάπα Φραγκίσκου καί τῆς Α.Θ. Παναγιότητος τοῦ Οἰκουμενικοῦ Πατριάρχου κ. κ. Βαρθολομαίου, πραγματοποιηθησομένης ἐπί τῇ εὐκαιρίᾳ τῆς συμπληρώσεως 50ετίας ἀπό τῆς ἱστορικῆς συναντήσεως ἐν τῇ Ἁγίᾳ Γῇ τῶν ἀοιδίμων Πάπα Παύλου ΣΤ΄ καί Πατριάρχου Ἀθηναγόρου, καί ἐξῇρε τήν σπουδαιότητα τῆς τοιαύτης συναντήσεως τῶν δύο ἐκκλησιαστικῶν ἡγετῶν διά τήν προώθησιν τῆς εἰρήνης, τῆς ἀγάπης, τῆς καταλλαγῆς καί τῆς ἑνότητος τοῦ Χριστιανικοῦ κόσμου, εὐχηθεῖσα τήν πλήρη εὐόδωσιν αὐτῆς.
Ἐν τοῖς Πατριαρχείοις, τῇ 18ῃ Φεβρουαρίου 2014
Ἐκ τῆς Ἀρχιγραμματείας τῆς Ἁγίας καί Ἱερᾶς Συνόδου
His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome
STATEMENT
On his forthcoming meeting with
His Holiness Pope Francis, Bishop of Rome
“With expectant joy and an abiding sense of fraternity, we look forward, later this year in the Holy City of Jerusalem, to our commemorative encounter with our beloved brother in Christ, His Holiness Pope Francis. This fiftieth anniversary of the historic meeting between the late Pope Paul VI and our ever-memorable predecessor Patriarch Athenagoras is an exceptional opportunity to deepen the fraternal bonds between Peter and Andrew, for both our Sees owe their foundations to them. For this reason, following in the footsteps of Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras, we express our desire to further the relations between the Roman Catholic and the Orthodox Churches. Two thousand years ago, it was in Jerusalem where the Light dawned from the Tomb. May it be in Jerusalem again where the light of peace, mutual trust, and brotherly love shines brightly, for the sake of our two Churches and the sake of the whole world.”
At the Phanar, February 18, 2014
