New Heretical Dogmatic and Canonical Alteration of Orthodox Ecclesiology at the Phanar

April 26, 2026

 

 

 

The presence of the Coptic Patriarch Theodore II at the Divine Liturgy at the Phanar, his placement on an honorary throne, and his liturgical participation through the kiss of peace and the blessing constitute yet another profound ecclesiological deviation, because we have here a denial of the Fourth Ecumenical Council of Chalcedon, 451 A.D.

The Copts, as Anti-Chalcedonians, persist in a Christology which the Orthodox Church condemned 1,500 years ago.

The rendering of honors “during the Liturgy” to a primate who does not fully accept the two natures of Christ, without confusion, without change, without division, without separation, constitutes an adulteration of dogma and the preaching of heresy “bareheaded”, that is, publicly.

The participation of the Coptic Patriarch in the liturgical body of the Eucharist—even without the common Chalice—flagrantly violates the Holy Canons, namely Apostolic Canons 45 and 64, and Canon 33 of Laodicea. The Canons explicitly forbid common prayer with the heterodox, since prayer is the supreme expression of common faith. The exchange of the liturgical kiss and the joint blessing of the people are perceived by the fullness of the Church as an indirect recognition of mysteries and priesthood in a community that stands outside the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church.

The stance of the Phanar is grounded in the decisions of the Council of Crete of 2016, which constituted the “legislative” foundation for contemporary ecumenism. The recognition of the “historical name” of the heterodox as “Churches” by the Council of Crete is now being used as a tool for the deconstruction of Orthodox exclusivity.

The “spirit of Crete” advances an ecclesiology of expanding boundaries, wherein the diplomacy and geopolitical power of the Ecumenical Throne are placed above the synodal consciousness of Orthodoxy, which, in its majority, did not accept the decisions of Crete.

Thus, it demonstrates that this approach serves a “Christianity of public relations.” In order for the Phanar to present itself as a global pole of unity, it sacrifices canonical exactitude. This strategy leads to syncretism, where love is severed from Truth. Yet, according to Saint Maximus the Confessor, love without the right faith is an “anthropocentric falsehood.”

 

Greek source: https://apotixisi.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog-post_292.html