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PUBLIC APPEAL TO THE PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM AND ALL OF PALESTINE TO THEOPHILOS THE THIRD FOR THE SALVATION OF THE ENTIRE ORTHODOX CHURCH

Your Holiness,

The" Center for the protection of Christian identity " from Belgrade, addresses you with a request that as patriarch of Jerusalem and all of Palestine, but also guardian of the Tomb of the Lord Jesus Christ, invite to the assembly of the Primates of all Orthodox churches in Amman, Jordan, as you did in March 2020. years. On that occasion, on the basis of conciliarity, today's extremely critical and dramatic situation in the Orthodox Church would be considered and canonical paths for its survival would be laid out.

In support of this, we point out that we are witnessing an approaching mortal danger to the survival of the Orthodox Church as a whole, especially since it is obvious that the disappearance of our faith is the main goal of the new world order.

Unfortunately, some prime ministers joined in this work, such as Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople, who admitted the so-called autocephaly to the schismatics in Ukraine, igniting the spark of conflict that led to armed actions that have lasted almost three years in this country. At the same time, the Ukrainian Security Service began an unprecedented terror against the members of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, which the entire Orthodox world, including the Greek church, has recognized for more than 300 years! Then the Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) passed law 8371 prohibiting the work and activities of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which is the first time in the history of the Orthodox Church that the work of a local canonical Orthodox Church is prohibited. At the same time, this resulted in the interruption of Eucharistic communion between the patriarchates of Constantinople and the Moscow patriarchates (the most populous Orthodox Church in the world).

Also, we are witnessing the harmful actions of the Serbian Orthodox Church, which voluntarily renounced its very important administrative part, and under the guise of “granting autocephaly as the Mother Church“, showed that it is actively working on the weakening and disintegration of the Orthodox Church as a whole. In this way, it added further discord in the Orthodox Church, because by naming the newly established autocephalous church, the "Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric" was rightly disliked by the Greek-speaking Orthodox churches, for the reason that many exclude the mention of the noun "Macedonia" and the adjective "Macedonian". This is understandable, because the fact that "Macedonia" is a Greek name that has existed for more than 3000 years is undeniable.

Finally, one of the greatest canonologist historians and scientific advisor of the Historical Institute of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and arts, Prof. Dr. Miodrag M. Petrović wrote"Never before the end of World War II was the Archbishopric of Ohrid "Macedonian". It was founded in 535. in the year of Emperor Justinian I (527-565) as a Byzantine, i.e. Roman, Church institution. It was the Autocephalous Church of Rome. Greeks, Byzantines“.

To make matters worse, as everyone knows, in the spring of 2025. it was planned to sign a union between the Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Holy See of Nicaea, under the auspices of the celebration of the common Resurrection and the celebration of the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council. In fact, the Vatican and Constantinople want to declare this anniversary the anniversary of the unification of the churches, which means completely ignoring the existence of schisms and heresies of the Roman Catholic Church. I think it is 325. the Church condemns the schism and the heresy of Arius, while tomorrow it will bless the schism and the heresy of the Latins, and on untruth it will establish a false Union. Apparently the Roman Catholic Church wants to achieve papal primacy at all costs, which it has strived for centuries.

At this point, I would like to emphasize that for me personally, the behavior of the Patriarchate of Constantinople and its primate is a painful fact, bearing in mind that although I was born in Belgrade, I was raised in the Hellenic spirit of complete devotion to the Church of Christ, family, fatherland and tradition. Although the origin of my family is from Asia Minor, Caesarea, Cappadocia, for me loyalty to the Church of Christ and the faith of Christ is much greater, more significant and more valuable than the primacy of the Patriarchate of Constantinople and the status of its primate!

The" Center for the protection of Christian identity "believes that the gathering of Orthodox primates in Amman should inevitably take place, regardless of what can be expected a harsh media campaign by supporters of the destruction of the Orthodox Church, aimed at promoting the idea of the so-called" irreplaceability of the patriarch of Constantinople, i.e. that he represents a person-sine qua non-without whom it is impossible to hold any general Orthodox Assembly or council in the Church“! In other words, it would mean that Orthodoxy exists only where the patriarch of Constantinople is, which we had the opportunity to hear from him personally during the visit to the Karakala monastery on the Holy Mountain, which was also testified by The Monk Epiphanius. In other words, it would mean that the mystery of faith is not Christ who was incarnated, who suffered and was crucified, who was resurrected and ascended, but is the mystery of faith and salvation in mentioning the name of the patriarch of Constantinople!

By contrast, today every believer of the Orthodox Church is convinced that no man can capture the faith, the Gospel, or Jesus Christ, even if he sits on the highest throne of the church or the kingdom. This did not go to pagan emperors, heretical emperors, godless rulers, church hierarchs or patriarchs. It won't work today, even for anyone who dares to try it.

Your Holiness,

It is necessary for us at this time to convene the assembly of the Primates of all Orthodox churches, because in the Orthodox Church today, de de factoalthough not and de jurewe have a schism that manifests itself through the inability to serve among the Orthodox because of the actions of one of the Patriarchs, Bartholomew of Constantinople. It is clear to all that this de de facto the schism exists because of external pressures and setbacks of certain church dignitaries, but also because of the existing system of arranging inter-Orthodox relations. In other words, a great danger has loomed over us to displace with what is human what is divine in the Church of Christ, thereby effectively ceasing to exist.

As for the position of the patriarch of Constantinople, he is completely clear to us from the response he sent to the patriarch of Antioch, Mr. John, after the frequent calls of a large number of bishops and heads of local Orthodox churches to convene a pan-Orthodox Council, explaining that this would only "show that we Orthodox agree in disagreement, or, that we united in unity!"

Your Holiness,

We believe that we are in the period of the dawn before the coming of the Antichrist, when it was precisely those who should lead the flock who went astray, and that it is the flock that needs to correct the archpastres today. That is why believers must be correctors for priests and misguided bishops, but also all others who have strayed from the path of Orthodoxy. I was personally educated that in my faith I should listen to the bishop as Jesus Christ, but at this moment our problem is huge, precisely because the bishop of Constantinople is not like Christ and renounces Christ.

For this reason, we ask you, as patriarch of Jerusalem and of all Palestine, but also as guardian of the Tomb of the Lord Jesus Christ, despite all the challenges and temptations that this procedure entails, to invite the Primates of all Orthodox churches to be gathered in Amman, Jordan, where, on the basis of conciliarity, they would consider today's critical and dramatic situation in the Orthodox Church.the church and found solutions and ways for its survival.

We pray to the Lord God for your good health, we kiss your holy right hand and remain forever loyal.

CENTER FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHRISTIAN IDENTITY

Diogenis D. Valavanidis, President

Source: Center for Geostrategic Studies

8. November 2024.

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