Word: patriarchal
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...them hang me if they will, but now I shall not retire!" cried Meletios Metataxis, Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church at Constantinople. His apartment had just been assaulted by a mob of 300 Greeks and he had been severely manhandled...
...grave of the patriarch Moses has never been discovered, and the scriptures declare that its whereabouts are totally unknown. But archaeologists insist on no less authority than this, and if there is any vestige of hope that the lost may be found, their policy is to persevere in their search. This attitude brought about the recent discoveries in Egypt. But, as the credulous will point out, this discovery was bought at the price of Lord Carnarvon's death, and the curse of ancient Egypt still exists to deter any future explorers...
...Patriarch Tikon was unfrocked by the All Russian Church Council. Thus the ex-Patriarch, in the words of the Church Council resolution, " is henceforth a simple citizen-André Bélavin...
...meantime the ex-Patriarch Tikon languishes in a Moscow prison awaiting a civil trial on the charge of opposing the Bolshevik regime. The date of the trial is not yet known. A meeting of the people's commisars took place, however, and vainly tried to settle both the date of the trial and the extent of the sentence. Most of the commisars were in favor of the death sentence, but Georges Tchitcherin, Soviet Foreign Minister, protested vigorously. He argued that such a sentence would result in aggravating the boycott against Russia; he suggested that the death sentence might...
Unity? Bishop Darlington of Harrisburg, as head of a Protestant Episcopal committee to seek closer alliance with Greek Catholic (Eastern Orthodox) Churches, has brought back a letter from the Patriarch of Jerusalem recognizing the validity of Anglican orders, and placing them on an equal basis with those of any Church. (The Patriarch of Constantinople took similar action some months ago.) This is the first official recognition of a Protestant church by either the Greek or Roman Catholics since the Reformation (1519-1555). The Anglicans in Canada, by concordat, now recognize the interchangeable validity of other Protestant denominations. The Romans recognize...