Kwintshumayelo yakhe, uPatriarch we-Ecumenical uBartholomew uthumele iminqweno esuka entliziyweni kuwo onke amaKristu angengawo amaOthodoki abhiyozele iPasika ngeCawa, i-31 kaMatshi, emva kokukhokela i-Cawe Divine Liturgy kwiCawa yaseSt. Theodore "kwikota "eVlanga".
“Ngalo mhla, umyalezo ongunaphakade woVuko uvakala ngokunzulu ngakumbi kunangaphambili, njengoko abazalwana noodade bethu abangamaKristu abangengawo amaOthodoki bekhumbula uVuko lweNkosi yethu kwabafileyo, bebhiyozela iPasika engcwele. Sithumele imibuliso ye-Holy Great Church of Christ kulo lonke uluntu lwamaKristu apha. Kodwa sikwabulisa ngothando olusuka entliziyweni onke amaKristu kwihlabathi jikelele abhiyozela iPasika namhlanje. Sicela iNkosi yozuko ukuba ukubhiyozelwa okufanayo kweIsta kulo nyaka uzayo kungabi yinto nje yamabona-ndenzile, kodwa kuya kuphawula ukuqalisa komhla omnye wokubhiyozelwa kwayo yiNgqobhoko yaseMpuma naseNtshona,” watsho njalo uBhishobhi uBartholomew.
“Lo mnqweno ubaluleke ngokukhethekileyo xa sijonga isikhumbuzo seminyaka eli-1700 ezayo yokubizwa kweBhunga lokuQala leeCawa zaseNicaea ngowama-2025. Phakathi kweengxoxo zalo eziphambili ngumbandela wokumisela ixesha elifanayo lokubhiyozelwa kweIsta. Sinethemba njengoko kukho ukuthanda okuhle kunye nomnqweno macala omabini. Kuba kulihlazo ngokwenene ukubhiyozela ngokwahlukeneyo isiganeko esikhethekileyo soVuko lweNkosi enye!”, watsho usolusapho.
