WE DEDICATE THIS TO THE ECUMENIST HIERARCHS OF THE STATE
CHURCH OF GREECE WHO COMMEMORATE HIM AND ARE IN COMMUNION WITH HIM, AND TO THE
ATHONITE FATHERS WHO COMMEMORATE HIM.
On 17 September 2026, Patriarch
Bartholomew of Constantinople went to the Anglican University
Church of St Mary the Virgin in Oxford. [1]
Inside the church, which was
packed with Anglicans, he delivered a lecture
entitled “Religious Freedom in Contested Ecosystems: Law, Religion and Foreign
Policy in a New International Order” (photograph
1, photograph
2).
A little later, Bartholomew of
Constantinople celebrated the Lesser Blessing of Waters inside the church of
the heretics, in violation of numerous Sacred Canons (photograph 1,
photograph
2, photograph
3, photograph
4, photograph
5).
The official Press
Release of the Ecumenical Patriarchate states in this regard [2]:
“Immediately afterwards, His
All-Holiness celebrated the Lesser Blessing of Waters on
the occasion of the commencement of the new academic year.”
A few days earlier, the Anglican
University Church had announced in a related online
notice that Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople would deliver an
address as part of a “liturgical service” [3].
Present in the church of the
heretics was the Patriarchal entourage, consisting of Metropolitans Demetrios
of the Princes’ Islands, Maximos of Selyvria, and Joachim of Lampi, Syvritos
and Sfakia, as well as Grand Ecclesiarch Aetios and Deacon Evlogios Tsatsas,
Codicographer of the Holy and Sacred Synod (photograph).
Also present with them was
Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain (photograph).
Church Organ, Choir, a Crowd
of Anglicans, and Patriarch Bartholomew’s Service of the Blessing of Waters
(Video)
The service of the Lesser
Blessing of Waters was broadcast live by the online channel of the Anglican
University Church. In the relevant video
[4], among other things, we observe:
[10:40]
Entrance of the Anglicans into the church in procession. Sounds of a church
organ and choir.
[12:02]
At the end of the procession, a Monophysite follows. The procession concludes
with Patriarch Bartholomew Archontonis of Constantinople and his entourage.
[16:45]
An Anglican “priest” and the Anglican congregation recite the Lord’s Prayer.
[22:08]
An Anglican choir chants hymns.
[24:39]
Beginning of the address by Bartholomew of Constantinople.
[01:12:46]
Beginning of the Service of the Blessing of Waters in the Anglican church by
Patriarch Bartholomew.
[01:22:00]
Reading of the Gospel by Patriarch Bartholomew.
[01:29:21]
Sprinkling by Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople during the Service of the
Blessing of Waters.
How can an Orthodox Hierarch, on
the basis of the Sacred Canons, be justified in celebrating the Service of the
Blessing of Waters in a heretical church, while even joining in prayer with a
multitude of heretics?
Irrespective of the degree of the
priesthood, such actions are expressly forbidden by the Sacred Canons,
constitute an extremely serious deviation, and are punishable by deposition.
The canonical tradition of our
Church is consistent, clear, and categorical: “One must not pray together
with heretics or schismatics.”
By way of example, below are just
a few of the Sacred Canons of the Church, universally authoritative in
character, that prohibit praying together with heretics:
Canon 45 of the Holy Apostles:
“Let a Bishop, Presbyter, or Deacon who has merely prayed together with
heretics be suspended; but if he has permitted them to perform any clerical
function, let him be deposed.”
Canon 64 of the Holy Apostles:
“If any Cleric or Layman enters a synagogue of Jews or heretics to pray, let
him be deposed and excommunicated.”
Canon 33 of the Local Council
of Laodicea: “One must not pray together with heretics or schismatics.”
The enlightened words of Father
Nikolaos Manolis of blessed memory, a struggler and confessor, in his text
entitled “Ecumenism: A Ravenous Monster,” from his book Living Orthodoxy,
are more timely than ever:
“Like a
ravenous monster, Ecumenism is preparing the way for the beast of the
Apocalypse… Enlisted ‘Orthodox’ patriarchs, bishops, and theologians of the New
Age place their learning, achievements, knowledge, and worldly connections at
the service of the betrayal of the Faith. In their haste to achieve the
much-vaunted unity, they tear apart the fabric of the Orthodox Church, rend the
seamless garment of the Faith, and demolish the theology of the Holy Fathers.
Betraying Christ’s trust, they are rewarded by the thrice-accursed pope.
There is a
mentality in certain Orthodox circles whereby they supposedly condemn, deep
within themselves—very deep indeed—the ecumenistic practices (joint prayers,
joint acts of worship…) of patriarchs and others, yet express no opinion about
any of these things… What they counsel is false obedience, which is demonic
counsel. The saints command us to react and to take a public stand
when error and heresy are preached ‘bareheaded,’ that is, openly. And if the
bishop does not have the strength to do this, then let the priest do it, the
monk, and even the layman.
Saint
Theodore the Studite lays down as an obligation for all—great and humble alike,
teachers and those being taught—to oppose those who promote heresy. ‘For it is
a commandment of the Lord not to remain silent at a time when the Faith is in
danger […] Therefore, when the matter concerns the Faith, one cannot say, “Who
am I?” […] Thus even the poor man will be deprived of every defense on the Day
of Judgment if he does not speak now, for he will be judged for this alone.’
“Ecumenism is
the greatest heresy of all the ages. We have an obligation to resist. With
watchfulness, with prayer, with faith in Christ, in our Lady the Theotokos, and
in the Saints, let us make a courageous decision: to remain faithful to
Orthodoxy, fighting against the pan-heresy, and to pass on the true Faith to
the generations to come.”
Walling-off, handed down by the
Saints, by God, and by the Fathers, is the sacred-canonical manner of
resistance for clergy of every rank and for the faithful people (31st Apostolic
Canon; 15th canon of the First-Second Council of Constantinople under Saint
Photios the Great).
It is the last bulwark before the
complete triumph of Ecumenism and union with heretics of every kind—an outcome
that has been prepared for a century by ecumenist centers and by the Phanar,
with its schisms, uncanonical actions, anti-Orthodox deeds, and secularization.
The Phanar has now ceased to radiate the light of the Orthodoxy of the Holy
Fathers and is leading toward the abyss of perdition.
2. https://ec-patr.org/18/09/23/29/o-oikoymenikos-patriarchis-stin-oxford/
4. https://www.youtube.com/live/tFXdg9jSHFE?si=hQW87yHMYpemwnpM&t=4920
Greek
source:
https://apotixisi.blogspot.com/2026/09/university-church-of-st-mary-virgin-17.html
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