The pandemic and now the war, demonstrate the need for joint initiatives and major European solutions, said the Vice President of the Commission, Margaritis Schoinas, in his statement after the meeting he had with the Ecumenical Patriarch BartholomewAt the traffic light.
“I as an Orthodox Christian “I can not accept that Orthodox people are bombing Orthodox monasteries, Orthodox monasteries, monuments,” he said.
He stressed that “we will not succeed, each one individually, and there is no better way to convey this value of joint action, by being inspired by religious leaders of the Ecumenical Patriarch, who is also a living symbol of all its values. united Europe, peaceful coexistence, tolerance, tolerance, peace. “These ideals are what we need now more than ever.”
“With joy and special honor I met with His Holiness today here in Fanari. This is my first visit since taking up my current duties. “I informed him of the unprecedented EU initiative to provide a humanitarian protection regime to all those fleeing the war in Ukraine,” Schinas said.
He added that they discussed “how at this moment, in the dark moment of the war, Christianity, Orthodoxy, but also his own leadership can be part of a peaceful perspective from the conflict”.
Today in Fanari, the Cradle of Orthodoxy with the ATH Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.
In these difficult times that Europe is being tested, the Christian values of unity, solidarity and peaceful coexistence are a support and hope for the future. pic.twitter.com/vXgUCli019
– Margaritis Schinas (@MargSchinas) March 19, 2022
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