The Permanent Representative of the Ecumenical Patriarchate to the World Council of Churches, Archbishop Job of Telmessos, in an interview with the Greek newspaper “Ethnos of Sunday” said the following about the current dispute between the Ecumenical Patriarch and the Moscow Patriarch over the autocephaly of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine:
Autocephaly transcends ethnophylism and regionalism by ensuring the unity of the Church within the local Church as well as between the local Churches. It does not preclude serving the pastoral needs of Russian-speaking, Romanian-speaking, Greek-speaking, English-speaking or any other believers living in Ukraine, and allows for the communion with Constantinople, Moscow and all other local Orthodox Churches. We must not forget that the Orthodox Church is one, because it is the Body of Christ. Therefore, it is not possible to divide the body of Christ. The Church belongs to Christ and not to Constantinople, Moscow, Kiev or anyone else. For me, it is a little strange that an Orthodox living in Ukraine does not want to be under the jurisdiction of Kiev but under the jurisdiction of Moscow…
For me this is an interesting comment which I hope the Ecumenical Patriarch actually believes when it comes to Orthodoxy in America. Archbishop Job thinks it a little strange that an Orthodox living in Ukraine does not want to be under the jurisdiction of Kiev. Isn’t it equally strange that these same bishops imagine that Orthodox in America should be under these foreign jurisdictions? Many of us Orthodox in America don’t want to be under Moscow or Constantinople but want to have exactly what Archbishop Job says – a local church administered by bishops in America. He sees autocepahly as the glue which holds together in unity the local church and the very thing which then unites that local church to all the other Orthodox Churches. Certainly that is what autocephaly can and should be in America. I hope these words words and this wisdom will be used to recognize just such an autocephalous Orthodox Church in America.
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I don’t know Fr. Ted. But I think the prospect is very doubtful, maybe nearly impossible. Because it would mean that every jurisdictional head must be prepared to give up their status and authority {as well as the respect that comes from that authority} to whoever would be the new American Archbishop in Charge. And I’m too cynical to think such humility exists among clergymen higher than the rank of parish priest!