The speech of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew during the ordination of the new deacon Bartholomew of the Abbacum Monastery of the Holy Metropolis of Tamassos and Orini, reaffirming once again his excellent relationship with His Eminence Mr. Isaias.
"We thank your spiritual father St. Isaiah of Tamassos for his love and respect for the Church of Constantinople and its primates. The presence of the venerable brother expresses and symbolizes the loving link between the churches of Constantinople and Cyprus the long-standing relationship of Cyprus with the reigning monarchy the united cooperation in ecclesiastical affairs.
The gesture of the new deacon Bartholomew is another blessed link between the Ecumenical Throne and the Church of Cyprus.
The gesture of the new deacon Bartholomew is another blessed link between the Ecumenical Throne and the Church of Cyprus."
Church circles consider that the relations between Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Metropolitan of Tamassos & Orinis Mr Isaias have been upgraded and this takes on special significance a few days before the Archbishop's elections on the island.
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