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This story, available only in Russian (Google and Bing translations provided below), provides a glimpse into the changing relationship between Moscow and Constantinople, one that may account for Constantinople’s recent diplomatic success with the Turkish government. For years the Ecumenical Patriarchate suffered the hardships of a beleaguered minority but in the past few years has witnessed an easing of pressure by the Turkish government. The Russian population in Turkey vastly outnumbers the Greek and the Russian Orthodox Church is clearly flexing its muscles in part because Russian – Turkish relations are largely improving. Add to this the sizeable Armenian and Catholic populations in Turkey and we may be seeing a significant shift in both the role and position of the Ecumenical Patriarch in world Orthodoxy.
HT: St. Andrew House Orthodox Forum Source: Russian Orthodox Church – Department for External Church Relations
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Архимандрит Виссарион (Комзиас): Открытие русского православного прихода в Анталье – это большой прорыв в отношениях как между Константинопольским и Московским Патриархатами, так и между Москвой и Анкарой
В интервью порталу «Православие и мир», опубликованном в декабре 2010 года, великий иерокирикс Константинопольского Патриархата архимандрит Виссарион (Комзиас) рассказал о жизни окормляемого им русского прихода святого Алипия Столпника в Анталье.
