Mu ulaliki wake, Mkulu wa Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew anatumiza zikhumbo zochokera pansi pamtima kwa Akhristu onse omwe si a Orthodox omwe adakondwerera Isitala Lamlungu, pa Marichi 31, atatha kutsogolera Lamlungu Lamlungu la Liturgy mu Tchalitchi cha St. Theodore "m'chigawo cha "Vlanga".
“Patsiku lino, uthenga wamuyaya wa Chiukiriro ukumveka mozama kwambiri kuposa kale, pamene abale ndi alongo athu achikristu omwe si a Orthodox amakumbukira Kuuka kwa akufa kwa Ambuye wathu, kukondwerera Isitala yopatulika. Tatumiza moni wa Mpingo Woyera Waukulu wa Khristu kumadera onse achikhristu kuno. Koma timaperekanso moni wachikondi kwa Akhristu onse padziko lonse lapansi omwe amakondwerera Isitala lero. Tikupempha Ambuye wa Ulemerero kuti chikondwerero cha Isitala chimene chikubwera chaka chamawa sichidzakhala chongochitika mwangozi, koma chidzakhala chiyambi cha deti limodzi la Matchalitchi Achikristu a Kum’maŵa ndi Kumadzulo,” anatero Mkulu wa Mabishopu Bartholomew.
“Chikhumbo chimenechi n’chofunika kwambiri makamaka tikaganizira za chaka chomwe chikubwera cha 1700 kuchokera pamene Msonkhano Woyamba wa Ecumenical Council of Nicaea unachitikira m’chaka cha 2025. Pakati pa zokambirana zake zazikulu ndi nkhani yokhazikitsa nthaŵi yofanana ya chikondwerero cha Isitala. Tili ndi chiyembekezo chifukwa pali chikhumbo chabwino ndi chikhumbo kumbali zonse ziwiri. Chifukwa n’zochititsa manyazi kwambiri kukondwerera mwapadera chochitika chapadera cha Kuuka kwa Akufa kwa Ambuye mmodzi!”, kholo lakale linateronso.
