It depends on how one defines “interference”…

Through the centuries, and especially after the Schism, when the Church of Rome ceased to be in communion with the Orthodox, this Throne [of Constantinople] was called — according to canonical order — to serve the unity of the Orthodox Church as its first Throne. And it fulfilled this responsibility through the ages by convoking [...]

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Getting Orthodoxy

I came across an article today that reiterates that ignorant journalist have, at the least, not been getting Orthodoxy for almost 100 years. It is possible that this may even be the fountainhead of the fallacy of the Ecumenical Patri-pope.
Metaxakis Elected Greek Patriarch
….The position of Melitios in the ancient Church of the East will be [...]

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“I had to go to the bathroom, honestly!!!”

First Hierarchs of Constantinople and Russian Orthodox Churches lead Divine Liturgy at Vladimir Hill
His Holiness Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew, His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexey II, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Hieronymos, and Archbishop of Tirana and All Albania Anastasii performed a Divine Liturgy before a memorial to Equal to the [...]

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When a schism is called unity, it is a trick

“It may be that the creation of one local Church is a step on the way to the subordination of this Orthodox Church to the more powerful and rich in resources Roman Catholic Church”

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The Ark of salvation

Considering all the hubbub concerning the Pope and the recent “revelation” of the Papal claims I thought it opportune to present the recent (that is, in the Orthodox time frame) encyclicals (1848 and 1895) of the patriarch of Constantinople. May this be education to those outside of the Orthodox Church of her timeless beliefs and [...]

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Well put

…in universal Orthodoxy there is no hierarch whose role would be similar to that of the Pope of Rome in the Western Church. There must be no illusion that there is such a hierarch. We respect the Patriarch of Constantinople as the first in honour among the primates of local Orthodox Churches, but we are [...]

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The MP the EP and the WCC

The Russian Orthodox Church as the world’s biggest Orthodox Church seeks leadership at international forums. If she leaves the WCC, the Orthodox representation will be assumed by the Patriarchate of Constantinople and the voice of the Russian Orthodox Church will remain unheard. We believe this is a serious reason for the Moscow Patriarchate to remain [...]

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The Ecumenical Throne

…has value and usefulness only when it sheds abroad upon all the earth the sweet and unsetting light of Orthodoxy. Lighthouses are useful if and as long as they light the way for those who travel on the sea to avoid the reefs. When their lights is extinguished, then they are not only useless but [...]

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