The Pope went for a visit to Lesbos were the most refugees arrive from Turkey. When it was announced, the Bishop of Glyfada, a district of Athens, produced a formal news release that they, the Bishop, prayed that the trip would be postponed, so that there was time for all the Bishops to gather and discuss the matter.
The Pope could visit the island of Lesbos as other celebrities did as well. He is also a Head of a State and that would be a matter of the Greek State.
The Pope went together with the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople-Istambul and the Archbishop of Athens. The Pope may influence the Catholic countries of Eastern Europe, however the Ecumenical Patriarch has not the status of the Pope among the Christians of the East. The speakers of the Slavic and Latin languages in the Balkan area, were obliged by the Ottomans to be subordinated to the Patriarch of Constantinople. So the first step to create a national conscience, was to have a separate Church from the Constantinopolitan Patriarchate. In the Past before the Ottomans, whenever a Christian created a State, because of its rivalry to the Byzantine Empire, he had also a rival Patriarch. These Patriarchates were revived in modern times.
So Yugoslavians of Skopje (FYROM), Bulgarians, Serbs and Romanians aren't that much influenced by the Patriarch of New Rome. By the way the Patriarch and the Archbishop of Athens aren't on good terms either.
The first source is a news release from students of East Christian Theology, saying that they plead with tears in their eyes, not to let this happen. They are nostalgic of the penultimate Archbishop, who was boor but frank. He would not talk to Catholics, because he could not bear the sight of them. He asked at conference all the frankstudied theologians, if the Pope was Church and they didn't answer. He may have used all his power against people he didn't like, but he repented with tears in his eyes by his confessions. His confessor was a monk, that burnt his hut everyday as he woke up and built a new one in order to get rid of the demons. These students of Theology are going to be teachers at schools.
The Pope did what he wanted to do, didn't go alone so nobody could accuse him of anything and he asked both East Christian leaders to act as a team with him, so he couldn't be accused of intervening in favour of one or the other, or try to arouse troubles between the two.
The Pope is a celebrity, the others aren't. However no one is willing to do anything practical for the problem.
The students of theology
The Bishop
The Pope could visit the island of Lesbos as other celebrities did as well. He is also a Head of a State and that would be a matter of the Greek State.
The Pope went together with the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople-Istambul and the Archbishop of Athens. The Pope may influence the Catholic countries of Eastern Europe, however the Ecumenical Patriarch has not the status of the Pope among the Christians of the East. The speakers of the Slavic and Latin languages in the Balkan area, were obliged by the Ottomans to be subordinated to the Patriarch of Constantinople. So the first step to create a national conscience, was to have a separate Church from the Constantinopolitan Patriarchate. In the Past before the Ottomans, whenever a Christian created a State, because of its rivalry to the Byzantine Empire, he had also a rival Patriarch. These Patriarchates were revived in modern times.
So Yugoslavians of Skopje (FYROM), Bulgarians, Serbs and Romanians aren't that much influenced by the Patriarch of New Rome. By the way the Patriarch and the Archbishop of Athens aren't on good terms either.
The first source is a news release from students of East Christian Theology, saying that they plead with tears in their eyes, not to let this happen. They are nostalgic of the penultimate Archbishop, who was boor but frank. He would not talk to Catholics, because he could not bear the sight of them. He asked at conference all the frankstudied theologians, if the Pope was Church and they didn't answer. He may have used all his power against people he didn't like, but he repented with tears in his eyes by his confessions. His confessor was a monk, that burnt his hut everyday as he woke up and built a new one in order to get rid of the demons. These students of Theology are going to be teachers at schools.
The Pope did what he wanted to do, didn't go alone so nobody could accuse him of anything and he asked both East Christian leaders to act as a team with him, so he couldn't be accused of intervening in favour of one or the other, or try to arouse troubles between the two.
The Pope is a celebrity, the others aren't. However no one is willing to do anything practical for the problem.
The students of theology
The Bishop
