Awarding of two Bavarian prizes to Patriarch Bartholomew
June 20, 2025
On June 5, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew arrived in Munich, and shortly
after his arrival, he received at his residence the Roman Catholic bishop of
Augsburg, Dr. Bertram Meier.
And who is this? The publication
states that “This particular bishop is known for his ecumenical and
interreligious activity in Germany and internationally. Among other things, he
is president of the committee of the German Episcopal Conference for relations
with the global Church, president of that Conference’s committee for
interreligious dialogue, and a member of the Vatican Court for the Unity of
Christians.” [1]
“Let him who understands,
understand.”
The following day, the Catholic
Academy of Bavaria and the Benedictine Monastery of Niederaltaich awarded their
prizes this year to the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew “for his contribution
to the Ecumenical Dialogue, that is, to the rapprochement of the Christian
Churches,” as the publication states. [2]
At the very moment when Orthodox
Bishops—such as, recently, Metropolitan Tychikos of Paphos—are being persecuted
for their Orthodox convictions, the Patriarch is being honored for his
contribution… to Ecumenism.
In other words, the guardians
of truth in Orthodoxy are being persecuted, while its enemies are being
honored… What a disgrace!
Of course, we know that “All
who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution” (Tim.
3:12), not be awarded. Let each one reflect on where he belongs…
It is noteworthy that the
awarding of the prizes was not done by just anyone but by heretics! “Let the
oil of the sinner not anoint my head,” says the psalmist.
We do not accept any gift or
award from heretics, according to the Canons of our Church and the teaching of
the Holy Fathers.
It would be an omission not to
mention that the address to Mr. Bartholomew was delivered by Bishop Heinrich
Bedford-Strohm, President of the Central Committee of the World Council of
“Churches,” or as it should more rightly be called, the World Council of
Heresies—this, according to Saint Justin Popovich, an unheard-of
betrayal!
The award announcement states the
following: “Bartholomew I is one of the most devoted supporters of genuine
ecumenical cooperation within Orthodoxy. Anti-Western or anti-ecumenical
sentiments are foreign to him.”
The anti-Western and
anti-ecumenical sentiments of the Holy Fathers, however, do not seem to trouble
them at all.
Characteristic is what Saint Mark
of Ephesus states: “All the teachers of the Church, all the Synods, and all the
divine Scriptures advise us to flee from those of different mind and to
separate from their communion.” But such patristic positions are foreign to
them—as they themselves say…
Lastly, the following comment
could not be omitted. At the conclusion of the publication, we read that at the
center of the hall where the above-mentioned event took place, the icon of the
First Ecumenical Council “held a prominent place.”
We therefore wonder… was the icon
placed there as an honor or in mockery?
In the end, are they so blinded
that, being heretics themselves, they think they are honoring the pre-eminently
anti-heretical Saints, or do they consider the flock so stupefied that it
believes they truly honor them?
The Western world may not be in a
position to discern the blatantly syncretistic nature of inter-Christian
Ecumenism and may believe its leaders, but in Orthodoxy there still exists a
“spiritual core,” according to Saint Paisios the Athonite.
The faithful clergy and the pious
people of God are raising a wall against the pan-heresy of Ecumenism (apoteíchisi)
and this canonical and Patristic action, as it seems, greatly troubles the
ecclesiastical leadership of the “Orthodox…”
1. https://greek.vema.com.au
2. https://greek.vema.com.au
Greek source: https://katanixi.gr/titlos-vraveyetai-i-airesi-kai-dioketai-i-orthodoxia/
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