{"id":190624,"date":"2024-03-19T15:02:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T13:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/df.news\/?p=190624"},"modified":"2024-03-19T15:02:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T13:02:32","slug":"archbishop-of-albania-to-patriarch-of-alexandria-moscow-s-activities-are-anti-canonical-we-need-pan-orthodox-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/2024\/03\/19\/archbishop-of-albania-to-patriarch-of-alexandria-moscow-s-activities-are-anti-canonical-we-need-pan-orthodox-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"Archbishop of Albania to Patriarch of Alexandria: Moscow\u2019s activities are anti-canonical \u2013 We need Pan-Orthodox Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Archbishop Anastasios of Albania has voiced his opposition to the uncanonical activities of the Moscow Patriarchate in Africa through two letters addressed to Patriarch Theodore of Alexandria. The Archdiocese of Albania made public these letters, dated February 7 and March 14, highlighting concerns regarding the infiltration of the Moscow Patriarchate in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s according to <a href=\"https:\/\/orthodoxtimes.com\/archbishop-of-albania-to-patriarch-of-alexandria-msocows-activitiesare-anti-canonical-we-need-pan-orthodox-assembly\/\">Orthodox Times.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As he comments, \u201cthere was an unacceptable anti-canonical activities,\u201d which affects the unity and mission of the Orthodox Church.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing Patriarch Theodore, the Archbishop of Albania stressed that \u201cwhat you describe in detail confirms that an obvious schism is developing within the Church.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, he clarifies that he opposes the tactic of \u201cretaliation\u201d, and asks (\u201cwe ask and we beg\u201d) for the convening of a Pan-Orthodox Assembly, \u201cto address all the issues that have arisen in Ukraine, Africa and the Orthodox Church around the world in general.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the second letter dated March 14, Metropolitan Anastasios reiterated that he did not agree with \u201cthe actions of the Moscow Patriarchate in Africa.\u201d It deems such methods as unacceptable and condemnable.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, he advocated for constructive dialogue and peaceful resolution, opposing the deposition of hierarchs and the propagation of tension through media channels among Orthodox Churches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Archbishop Anastasios of Albania has voiced his opposition to the uncanonical activities of the Moscow Patriarchate in Africa through two letters addressed to Patriarch Theodore of Alexandria. The Archdiocese of Albania made public these letters, dated February 7 and March 14, highlighting concerns regarding the infiltration of the Moscow Patriarchate in Africa. That\u2019s according to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":80932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"telegram_tosend":false,"telegram_tosend_message":"","telegram_tosend_target":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5142,5147],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-190624","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-world-en"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/df.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/albanias-kirigma.jpg?fit=950%2C624&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190624"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":190625,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190624\/revisions\/190625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}