UBhishophu waseSerbia uPhotius ubhengeze ukuba iingxoxo phakathi kweCawa yobuOthodoki yaseSerbia kunye neCawa yobuOthodoki yaseMacedonian bezibanjwe kwisixeko saseNis kwimpelaveki edlulileyo, nenxaxheba yePatriarch Porphyry yaseSerbia.
Iindaba zezo ntetho zabhengezwa emva kwenkonzo “yeSt. George” izolo kwaye kwacaca ukuba intlanganiso ibizinyaswe nguBishop Photius ngokwakhe. Ngokutsho kwakhe, kwasekuqaleni kwale nyanga, “kunokwenzeka ukuba iCawa yobuOthodoki yaseMakedoni ibuyele kumanyano olusemthethweni neCawa yobuOthodoki yaseSerbia.”
“Oku kuya kuphelisa iyantlukwano yeCawa yobuOthodoki yaseMakedoniya yowe-1967,” watsho ubhishophu waseSerbia, esongezelela ngelithi “ukubuya kweCawa yobuOthodoki yaseMakedoni kwakunokwenzeka ebudeni bentlanganiso kaMeyi yeCawa yobuOthodoki yaseSerbia.”
“Ngumceli mngeni omkhulu lo. Ukuba uThixo uthe imithandazo kaBhishophu uNicholas, iiNgcwele uCyril noMethodius, iiNgcwele uClement noNahum, kunye neeSava Sava zaseSerbia, kunokukhokelela ekubuyiselweni komanyano kunye nokususwa kweyantlukwano ukusuka kwi-1967 Sisemgubasini wesi sigqibo. , ngenxa yoko ndinibizele emthandazweni. Oku kungenxa yokulungelwa kweecawa zethu ezingcwele, ukuze kulungelwe abantu bethu baseSerbia naseMakedoni, abantu ababini abazalanayo,” watsho uBhishophu uPhotius.
Masikhumbule ukuba ekupheleni konyaka ophelileyo, iCawa yobuOthodoki yaseSerbia yabiza intlanganiso phakathi kukaPatriarch Porphyry nentloko yeCawa yobuOthodoki yaseMakedoni, uStefan. Kodwa ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kwakungekho lwazi malunga nentlanganiso enjalo. Kwangaxeshanye, abezobupolitika baseMakedoni kunye nobhishophu wasekuhlaleni bahlala bephembelela i-Ecumenical Patriarch ukuba yamkelwe iCawa yobuOthodoki yaseMacedonia kunye nesibhengezo sayo njengecawa ezimeleyo.
Kwiminyaka eyadlulayo, iCawa yobuOthodoki yaseMakedoniya yafuna ukuba iCawa yobuOthodoki yaseBulgaria ibhengezwe njengeyona cawa iphambili kuyo, kodwa kamsinya nje yakuba kumiselwe ikhomishini kwiSinodi Engcwele yeCawa yobuOthodoki yaseBulgaria ngalo mbandela, oobhishophu baseMakedoniya baqalisa ukufuna uncedo olungqalileyo kuBhishophu weCawa. .
