New Patriarch’s American Ties

ARCHBISHOP Theophilos of Tabor, the man believed most likely to be the next Patriarch of Jerusalem, makes no secret of his pro Americanism.

In an exclusive interview with the Athens News, Theophilos said, “In this region where we live, from where else can we have cover and protection? It is not just moral support, which is the main thing, but economic support from Greek-Americans who love the patriarchate very much. Greeks in Greece sometimes suffer from parochialism. But we are a patriarchate and cannot express ourselves with nationalist slogans and localism. The church has an ecumenicity,” Theophilos insists.

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