“No matter how hard enemies and ‘friends’ may try, I am convinced there is a line His Beatitude Onuphry will never cross. He will not buy temporary peace at the price of departing from the canonical order of the Church, nor will he call something ‘the salvation of the Church’ if it destroys its unity. This is not stubbornness. It is faithfulness to Christ and the responsibility of a Primate before God for the Church entrusted to him

“he repented

“his Church had “diminished itself” by granting autocephaly, only to receive a “cup of ingratitude” in return

Patriarch Bartholomew ›

head of the Ecumenical Patriarchate

Reported

“You willingly emptied yourself for the Church, renouncing every personal interest and devoting yourself entirely to the service of Christ and His flock.

“the parishioners have long been accustomed to a constant struggle for survival and accepted the difficult situation with humility

“his Catholic faith played an important role in his struggle against communism

Lech Wałęsa ›

Poland's first democratically elected president

Reported