Theodore II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa, the second-ranking Greek patriarch. His absence rains on Bart’s parade. Good-oh!
Moscow, 25 July 2008 (Radio Radonezh):
Patriarch and Catholicos Ilya II of Georgia does not plan to go the celebrations marking the 1,020th anniversary of the Baptism of Russia in the Ukraine, Interfax-Religion reported, citing an article in the newspaper Komersant. Instead, a delegation led by Metropolitan Gerasim of Zugdid and Tsaish shall go, the newspaper reported. Vladyki Gerasim stated, “On the days when the Kiev festivities are taking place, the Patriarch of Alexandria is visiting Georgia. This is a historical visit, of course, and has been long in the works. Thus, Patriarch Ilya’s schedule has been set for some time, and there is no way we can change it”.
Radio Radonezh
http://www.radonezh.ru/new/?ID=7781 (in Russian)
Editor’s Note:
Hmm… come into my parlour, said the spider to the fly. Originally, in Kiev, the only ruling hierarchs expected were Patriarch Aleksei and Metropolitan Vladimir. Then, Bart “summoned” all the ruling hierarchs of the Local Churches to Kiev. It looks like Bart’s little love feast is being rained upon. The heads of three of the Local Churches, Cyprus, Georgia, and Alexandria have refused his “summons”. God willing, it shall cause Black Bart to pull away from the brink. Truly, the Church does not need such a dispute, not for the sake of the parvenu Yushchenko. Gotta give the Georgians credit, they did it in such a way that Bart has to SMILE. God bless the Georgians, they did right.
