What the EP is encouraginghttps://twitter.com/orthodoxnews2/status/1051920360877240322 …
I believe this is the work of the US State Dept, to be honest. But I'd love to get some more solid sources.
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If you take into account the financial/admin problems in GOARCH(The EPs largest diocese), the idea that this might be some payoff form the state department might explain this seemingly senseless act
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I think St. John noted that Constantinople acted often for mere self-preservation rather than for other reasons. It's not good to have a weak leader, much less a leader in a fundamentally weak position.
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They should move to Thessaloniki like Antioch moved to Damascus, not canonically perfect, but justified through genuine economia. Would be in a stronger safer place. There is nothing inherently holy about Istanbul as a city.
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