Phanar: Possession and use of weapons incompatible with Orthodox Clergy

The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate has clarified that the possession and use of weapons, for any reason, are incompatible with the status of an Orthodox clergyman, regardless of ecclesiastical rank.

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