“Good” the cooperation of the Greek state with the “Mother Church” on Mount Athos, says Bartholomew

The “good” cooperation of the Greek state with the Ecumenical Patriarchate on issues of Mount Athos was mentioned by the Ecumenical Patriarch, Bartholomew, upon his arrival at the port of Daphne and his reception by the political governor Athanasios Martinos and the Holy Epistas .

Mr. Bartholomew pointed out the principle of “cooperation” between the Greek state for the political and administrative part of Mount Athos, as it is an “integral” part of the Greek territory and the “Mother Church” that spiritually guides the monastic state, emphasizing it the relationship, over time, respecting the rules, “erased a productive course for the benefit of all” and continued:

“However, the violation of this harmony over time is a source of problems that jeopardize the church’s well-being. The Great Church, as a natural mother and protector of Mount Athos, the strong obsession of the holy monks of Mount Athos to the established ecclesiastical boundaries and the rapid reaction of the filthy Greek state eliminated the danger of nationalization of Mount Athos with the parish “We did not see the abomination of desolation.”

Mr. Bartholomew then arrived in Karyes, where he was welcomed by the abbots and representatives of the twenty monasteries. Doxology followed in the Holy Temple of Protatos. The Ecumenical Patriarch was addressed by the abbot of the monastery of Koutloumousiou Nikolaos. In his rebuttal, Mr. Bartholomew expressed his joy for his visit to Mount Athos and his meeting with the monks, “spiritual children of the mother church”, as he characteristically said and praised their virtues and their spiritual struggle. treat in the building of the Holy Community and dinner in the little house.

Mr. Bartholomew was welcomed and accompanied by the ND MP George Koumoutsakos, as a representative of the Parliament, the SYRIZA MP Ioannis Amanatidis, as a representative of the official opposition leader A. Tsipras and the advisor of the government . Tomorrow morning, the Deputy Prime Minister Panagiotis Pikrammenos is expected on Mount Athos.

The Ecumenical Patriarch will spend the night in the monastery of Iveron where tomorrow morning he will perform the Divine Liturgy in the church of Panagia Portaitissa, before leaving for his visits to the only Karakalos and Megisti Lavra.

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