A biography of Bartholomew

Logos · Post by **Logos** » Wed 4 June 2003 2:11 am

BIOGRAPHY OF BARTHOLOMEW ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE, NEW ROME AND ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH

"There is a great hunger for spirituality;
there is a thirst for transcendent meaning...
and there has never been a greater need
for spiritual leaders to engage themselves
in the affairs of the world."

His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is the 270th successor to the Apostle Andrew and spiritual leader of 300 million Orthodox Christians worldwide. Since ascending the Ecumenical Throne on November 2nd, 1991, he has tirelessly pursued the vision of his enthronement message

Julianna · Post by **Julianna** » Wed 4 June 2003 5:00 pm

Wow that wasn't biased or anything at all was it?

Joseph · Post by **Joseph** » Thu 5 June 2003 2:05 pm

Julianna wrote:
Wow that wasn't biased or anything at all was it?

Of course I don't know the Patriarch of Jerusalem and I don't need to know him. The monks of Mount Athos have ought against him, and many of us have heard with our own ears our clergy speak of him as a Mason. Still, repeating what has already been said a thousand times is just obsessive. How many of us spend quality time at the Phanar? None. So let's just drop it.