His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew addressed a Vatican delegation representing Pope Benedict XVI at the Thronal Feast of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on November 30, 2009. The delegation, led by Cardinal Walter Kasper also delivered greetings to His All Holiness on behalf of Pope Benedict.
The Ecumenical Patriarch’s greeting on the feast of St. Andrew the First Called can be read here:
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It is good for His Holiness Bartholomew to speak words of peace to the heterodox Romans who kindly visited from room. In 1974, Father Damianos of Sinai (Now reposed) said, “it would be very easy to unite Rome and Orthodoxy — Let the Roman’s become Orthodox!”
Indeed!
Gerasimos+
I happened to be at that service on St. Andrew’s feast day. It was heart warming to hear words of reconciliation in the midst of a very uplifting Divine Liturgy. I agree with Fr. Gerasimos, let the Latin Church submit as do all who want to follow the Orthodox faith.
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