Ties Among Eastern Orthodox Branches Are ‘at Lowest Ebb,’ Church Leader Says
Metropolitan Philip, head of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, says relations among various Eastern Orthodox branches on this continent are “at their lowest ebb.”
In an interview in his denomination’s periodical, The Word, he said the conference of bishops of 14 Eastern Orthodox branches in America is “almost dead.”
He said Archbishop Iakovos, head of Greek Orthodoxy in the Americas, had directed its bishops not to take part in liturgies with Antiochian Evangelical Orthodox clergy.
Philip said “such acts do not contribute to a healthy Orthodox climate of peace, cooperation and unity.”
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