Ecumenical Patriarch: Granting Autocephaly to the Church of Ukraine required courage and boldness

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew reflected on the autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, the reopening of the Halki Theological School, Greek-Turkish relations and the major milestones of his Patriarchal ministry in an interview with the Greek newspaper Kathimerini, marking 35 years since his election to the Ecumenical Throne.

“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction…”