Ngo-January 15, uMbhishobhi WamaSonto UBartholomew wamemezela ukuqala kweNgqungquthela Yesayensi Yezizwe Ngezizwe “Yomphostoli UPawulu E-Antalya (eTurkey): Inkumbulo, Ubufakazi” eyayihlelwe iDolobha lasePisidia edolobheni lase-Antalya, kubika i-Orthodox Times.
Enkulumweni yakhe, i-Ecumenical Patriarch ibhekisele ekubambisaneni kweVangeli likaKristu kanye nokubaluleka kokushunyayelwa koMphostoli uPawulu, ngaphakathi kohlaka lapho i-Ecumenical Patriarchate ithathe khona izinyathelo ezihlukahlukene namuhla ukukhuthaza ubudlelwano bamakholwa kanye nenkhulumomphendvulwano.
“Sesikugcizelele kaningi ukuthi ubumbano aluyona nje into yangaphakathi eBandleni, ngoba ihlangene ngokungenakuhlukaniswa nobunye baso sonke isintu. IBandla alizenzele lona, kodwa ngelaso sonke isintu futhi, ngokubanzi, ngendalo yonke,” kugcizelela ukhokho futhi wengeza:
“Kodwa-ke, kulesi sikhathi esibucayi emlandweni, indawo yonke ayiyona into ewubukhazikhazi noma inzuzo. Kubalulekile futhi kuyadingeka kithina njengamaKristu ngoba ukusinda kwezwe kuncike ekuchazeni okubanzi nasekusetshenzisweni okubanzi kweVangeli. Igunya le-ecumenical [ingxoxo] ibalulekile ebukhoneni nasekusimameni kwayo. Sibizelwe emhlabeni wonke. Ngaphandle kwalokho ngeke sikwazi ukuphefumula, ngeke sibe khona!'
Kwezinye izindawo enkulumeni yakhe, uMphathi Wenkolo wagcizelela ukuthi emhlabeni wethu, inkolo iyaxhashazwa, isetshenziswa futhi isetshenziswa amathuluzi ngenxa yezizathu ezahlukene, okuhlanganisa ubuzwe, ukushisekela kanye ne-fundamentalism.
“Lokhu sikubona phambi kwamehlo ethu e-Ukraine, lapho ubuKristu bobu-Orthodox busetshenziswa ngokungekho emthethweni nangokungafanele kwamanye amaKristu obu-Orthodox ngesibusiso soMbhishobhi waseMoscow. Sibona ukwephulwa nokucasuka okufanayo eMpumalanga Ephakathi naseNyakatho Afrika, lapho ubutha nezimpi ziqhutshwa egameni lenkolo kulahlekelwe ukuphila kwezakhamuzi nezidingo zabantu.”
Ababhishobhi, abefundisi, osolwazi basemanyuvesi kanye nabafundisi bezenkolo abavela emazweni ahlukene babambe iqhaza engqungqutheleni.
Umfanekiso: Isithonjana se-Saint Ap. UPaul kaTheophanes the Cretan ovela esigodlweni sezindela sase-Stavronikita encane kunazo zonke izindlu zezindela zase-athonite ezakhiwe ngendlela yazo yamanje ngo-1533 ngu-Abbot Gregorios kanye ne-ecumenical Patriarch Jeremiah I.
