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Russian Orthodox Church cuts all links with Constantinople
- wahern 8y agoBetter article with more historical context: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/15/russian-orthodox-church-cuts-ties-with-constantinople https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/15/russian-orthod...
- forkLding 8y agoConstantinople is in Turkey, is it not? That must be an awkward relationship. How have they not been disappeared off like the Nestorian Church.
- wahern 8y agoThey were a much larger minority until the Greek and Armenian Genocides (circa 1914-1923). It was Turkish nationalism, not Islamism, that was their doom.
- mda 8y agoIstanbul, not Constantinople.
- vageli 8y agoThe submitter used the title as published in the article.
- andreasley 8y agoIn this case, Constantinople is short for "Patriarchate of Constantinople", which is still called that.