Tell that to your brothers who sacked Constantinople…

​@@Constantineopulosthe greeks mass*cred the catholics there so the greeks deserved it

@@ihatenickurs Keep talking. The West is falling. If only you didn't ruin the Christian East, maybe you'd have a chance.

@@Constantineopulos the greeks were ruining themselves before crusaders sacked constantinople anyway

@@Constantineopulos My friend, I am leaving this devastating mess of Catholicism and coming home to Orthodoxy. I'm sick and tired of being treated like shit by other Catholics and clergy. All the Orthodox online and, after today I can also say in real life, for I have visited a Greek Orthodox church and talked to people, are so full of grace. I take no pride in being a Catholic, after all, I have never been accepted by other Catholics, I have never been called "brother" or "brother in Christ" by Catholics, but guess who has called me this in their first interactions with me? The ORTHODOX. And I'm not even Orthodox! Why do they do this? Because these people revere and respect God and those He has called, Catholics quite simply do NOT.

Please pray also for the Armenian Apostolic (Orthodox) Church in Turkey. They are going through the exact same experiences and ordeals that the Greek Orthodox Church is going through. 🙏🙏🙏

​@@margokupelian344 Amen brother, we will pray for you and to our brothers Armenian Orthodox

And who do you expect to "free" Constantinople? No Greeks will start a war with Turkey since it would have to be taken by force, and they don't have the firepower and are broke monetarily anyway. If you want something taken from you by force then you must use the same means to get it back. Never going to happen, the Greeks are gone soft.

@@euclidkid4515 No stress Putin will eventually do it without a bullet being fired. The Greeks will just sit back and watch.

Hi All, please refer to “Saints Paisios & Cosmas” who both prophesied what will follow regarding Constantinople. Both Saints have been quite accurate with a number of events which have since occurred. There’s some good news in there from these Saints who further prophesied that Constantinople will eventually go back to its motherland with thanks to the help of Russia. Worth the read! God bless all. 🙏🏻

@@angelwings3128 when will it happen. I am waiting every day and I cry every day about what happened to Asia Minor

@@DCCrisisclips - we keep praying and leave it in God’s hands. God bless. ✝️🙏🏻

Turks have defended the Orthodox church for 600 years.

@@kbasusta I've never heard a bigger lie - how dare you! My people have been enslaved, raped and had our houses burned down for 5 centuries by the Turks.

“Turks have defended Orthodox Church for 600 years”…..are you a lunatic or the Devil himself ?

​@@kbasusta In exchange that muslims wanting to join the church be killed (ahmed the calligrapher pray for us) and the patriarch be used as a politcal tool to control christians? The church needed protection from the turks and only the turks.

I am Orthodox and to me he is a heretic pig 🐽

@@radicalgreek99 We knew the anti-semitism wouldn't be slow in rearing its head.

Yes for orthodox all apostles aee equal. Thus each church revers its own apostolic sucessor as their own primate. We indian orthodox have the "catholicose of all the east " he is direct apostolic sucessor to St. Thomas the apostle.

He is Patriach of all orthodox. That's why he was called Ecumenical.

@@jumpmasterpadre9335 where is it told in gospels that st Peter was given a throne? When lord jesus said to st Peter that he was kepha meaning rock it means our lord said about his faith it is like rock. Thus our lord proclaimed that on this rock I shall build my church. Whatever u shall bind on earth that will be bound in heaven and what all u unbind shall be done same in heaven. To all apostles our lord have given the same blessings and powers and told u shall rule on 12 thrones like the 12 tribes of Israel. Thus apostolic sucession is valid and same for all apostles. The st Peter only supremacy is Catholic point of view in orthodoxy it holds no particular value.. In orthodoxy all apostles are same. We rever the patriarch of Antioch st.Ignatios sucessor to st Peter in our dityphcs because of the role the antiochian church played in the preservation of the orthodox faith of all the east during tribulations from several heretics and other forgein forces. Other than that we don't consider the patriarch above or below the catholicose. They are equal as from canons, traditions and gospel.

1celtic2 precisely, my fellow person, he is the first among equals. Every bishop in the church knows that. #whosurbishop

Catholics believe the pope is the successor of Peter. The orthodox believe the pope is the 1st among equals among the 4 other patriarchs

he meant second to the pope as far as the largest Christian leader. Also even according to Orthodoxy Constantinople is second in honor to rome so its technically corrects

@@lionheart5078 this one’s actually correct^

@@lionheart5078 Yes, it is Primus inter Pares. So Rome is first because of Peter, but they have pretty much equal power. The See of Andrew ranks second

@@thebalkanhistorian.3205 this is debated in Orthodoxy, Patriarch Bartholomew seems to think otherwise

Excuse me for replying to this five-months-old comment out of nowhere, but it felt like this response partially stems from a slight misunderstanding of the interview format, and that made me a bit sad, so I have an urge to try and rectify this The phrasing of the question is definitely a bit unfortunate, and I can understand being aggravated at it, especially when it is probably often posed with much more incendiary and malicious intent in other contexts. However, it does have a specific purpose in the context of this interview, and that is not to serve as a genuine inquiry or suggestion by the interviewer, but as a prompt for the Patriarch to freely express his feelings on the matter. It's simply an important topic that needs to be breached, and a question that uneducated viewers, who might lack the historical context, would reasonably have at this point of the interview. For this format, it's the interviewer's purpose to act as a mediator between the audience and the interviewee, and it frankly makes sense to ask some of the most obvious and dumb questions, to ensure that even this base level of understanding is provided to an audience that might have no pre-existing knowledge of the topic. If that means that an audience of previously ignorant people, who might have decided to watch this documentary at complete random, then arrive at a fuller and more educated understanding of Christian struggles in Turkey, I'd say that's probably a good thing Again, I definitely agree that the exact phrasing of the question is worth criticizing, but I don't think it stems from a place of ignorance, and I don't think it's categorically wrong to pose in this interview context, and it probably does more good than harm here I hope this makes sense, and I hope I didn't misinterpret your comment. I also hope it's clear that I don't mean any insult. KZfaq comments can be a very volatile space, so I feel the need to clarify that I'm not looking for a fight, but just want to provide a different perspective on what to me looked like a misunderstanding of the medium

I think the question is more for informational purpose for all those people of turkey who are Muslim who believe he should leave. The question or the answer to the question is to say how he feels and convey that they should not be/feel like 2nd class citizens and are equal to other citizens

And Constantinople *is* Greece.

@@GreekOrthodox7 technically that’s incorrect. While the main language of Constantinople was Greek (the revered language of intellects based on Ancient Greece), it was founded by Romans (Constantine the Great) for Romans, whose inhabitants only called themselves Roman. From 324 - 1453, it was only ever called the “Roman Empire” or more specifically the “Eastern Roman Empire”, until the Ottoman Empire (Turkish empire) conquered the heart of the empire, Constantinople (modern day Istanbul) in 1453. The term “Byzantium” or “Byzantine Empire” was actually only coined in 1557, 104 years after the Empire’s collapse, in an attempt to wrongly separate the Roman Empire from Julius Caesar and Augustus from the continuation of their empire by Constantine the Great (when he shifted the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome to Constantinople). I’m not Italian nor Greek, but I think it’s important to not claim a deceased empire’s legacy as your own. The Roman Empire’s achievements are theirs and theirs alone, and their descendants are scattered across much of modern Europe

Turkey has a criminal record,(Armenian, Greek pontian,Christians genocide) not a history...

He was a little slow. If the priest or in this case Patriarch is walking at a good pace with many around who also want a blessing you have to come to him and be quick about it to receive a blessing

??? why is he living in ISTANBUL ?? we let him live and treat him nice. ISLAMBOL not consta..

Yes, this is not recent.

Y’all acting like it was conquered without a reason.

@@drillculture ​ Even the Turkish sultans let the Orthodox Christians practice their faith in Istanbul for 500 years. So no, there has been no “conquering” in recent times, just pure discrimination and persecution by a Turkish government that’s less advanced than its predecessors from 500 years in the past

I wish it were a conflict, but it isn't. The only conflict there is the Muslims trying to deny and exterminate non-Muslims That Bishop/patriarch is not trying to do the same to them. I do not believe Joseph Smith was a prophet, but Mormons do and as a Catholic I would NEVER try to deny them their beliefs. Muslims never offer any symbol or act of ecumenicism. Never. They seek to destroy anyone that disagrees with them. And that is truly sad and criminal.

It’s not even a conflict of religions (Mohammad signed a treaty to allow for Christians to openly practice their faith - as shown on this video). This is just the Turkish government being corrupt and intentionally persecuting the oldest Christians on the planet

In Russia we are now free of the Communist yoke and Orthodox Church is the largest Religious Denomination! In Istanbul there is Bart the Pirate of the church who is out to make himself Orthodox Pope as a Greek i will never accept it unworthy is the heretic

May the Lord enlighten you. Here in Orthodoxy many wonders occur. Many people were cured by the Lord for the prayers of the saints, such as Nektarios of Aegina, who lived in the previous century and was really persecuted , Saint Ephraim of Nea Makri, who was killed by the ottomans in a tragic way.. and he showed himself after 500 years in the 1900s in a dream to a blessed nun and she dreamed the place where his relics were.(they were lost before), and since then many people were cured and enlightened. I really suggest you to visit Mount Athos in Greece, Aegina, Nea Makri, Souroti where is burried St Paisios the Athonite, Tessaloniki, to see the wonder of the Myrrh which bleeds from the relics of St Demetrius the Marthyr who did not want to become pagan, but rather die for Christ, in the first Christian centuries. And many wonders happen there, the Myrrh from the Saint bleeding from much time.. in Greece.. St. Paraskeva, St Demetrius in Romania, who was discovered in a similar way, when a really sick girl dreamed him and he told him about his rellics were burried somehow under a river. And after they were found, the girl was cured. But why do these miracles happen? Because these people came close to God, they experienced theosis, communion with the Lord. And you know, if you want to see a tree, you must go you personally near the tree or you must believe those who saw it eith their eyes. May the Lord enlighten you! May the Most-Holy Mother of Our Lord protect you and enlgihten you and show you the path! Best wishes.

Nothing is wiped. It’s just the power-hungry Greeks and Armenians waffling about unrelated things to keep their land claims alive. Christ knows that. And I know that accusations to Turkey are only the miserable reality of Greece and Armenia’s lack of education and experience. They know what happened when they tried to invade a piece of land in 1922. Much worser things will happen if they even dare again.

Why not listen to the Head and Founder LORD GOD JESUS CHRIST as He Himself CONFER TO BLESSED SAINT PETER, THE FIRST POPE THE UNIVERSAL CARE FOR OTHER APOSTLES IN THE CATHOLIC SHEEPFOLD??

St. Matthew 16: 18, John 21: 17

@@rev.jon2277 this is a status before year 1054...We all know that the Pope has become a king on Earth, a king with divine rights and this is not the kind of apostoles our Lord wishes; right? Crist is Risen.

@@ioakimmakis9288 Christ is Risen indeed my dear! And we need to at least "believe" that He established or rather founded, intended to be "a visible" Church structure. During the time of Christ's Apostles, no Constantinople existed. No wonder, in your tradition a political Emperor Constantine you added as the 13th Apostle, and you are serious with that arrangement. Kinda funny?

@@ioakimmakis9288 well about the 'political pope-king' human as we are, embarassing as it may, Rome is still Rome where Christ Himself intended where St. Peter [and St. Paul] sanctified by their blood, so as their established Church which St. Paul bluntly ascribed as 'he PISTIS KATHANGHELETAI EN HOLO TO KOSMO' The Roman Church UNIVERSALLY POPULAR with the Faith they preached.

THANK YOU! FACTS!

There was no Byzantine Empire. It was just the Roman Empire that had a new capital and officially adopted the language of the educated and prestigious, Greek. Remember Greek was always language of the Romans since the inception of the empire, it was more or less the lingua franca of the Romans since they in the East solely speak Greek, and Roman Emperors had to speak Greek and Latin. If you deny and continue to call the Greek-speaking Romans "Byzantines", you are still carrying on the lies of a German historian who coined the term in the 16th Century CE just for the sake justifying the name of the Holy Roman Empire, a German Empire that was neither holy nor ROMAN as Voltaire would say. Condemnant quo non intellegunt...

Jd Pv wow.... By order of the Vatican eh? The rebellious Roman High Priest who simply wanted to claim the legitimacy of the Roman Empire. What is wrong with you people? Still stuck with the lies. The Roman Empire fell in 1453. THERE WAS NO ROMANO-MACEDONIAN EMPIRE. You and your fantasies! Popish sympathisers, always fantasising that the Empire fell in 476! Why can’t you can’t accept that it was the Roman Empire? Greece was simply a part of it?! What was Greece back then?? We could simply call it Roman Greece in the Medieval Period. Just like Germany and Italy, there was no Germany nor Italy till the 19th Century! They were part of different kingdoms and empires back then: Papal States, Holy Roman Empire, Kingdom of Sicily, Republic of Venice, etc.! Nuff said.

Actually that’s technically incorrect. While the main language of Constantinople was Greek, it was founded by Romans (Constantine the Great) for Romans, whose inhabitants only called themselves Roman. From 324 - 1453, it was only ever called the “Roman Empire” or more specifically the “Eastern Roman Empire”, until the Ottoman Empire (Turkish empire) conquered the heart of the empire, Constantinople (modern day Istanbul) in 1453. The term “Byzantium” or “Byzantine Empire” was actually only coined in 1557, 104 years after the Empire’s collapse, in an attempt to wrongly separate the Roman Empire from Julius Caesar and Augustus from the continuation of their empire by Constantine the Great (when he shifted the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome to Constantinople). I’m not Italian nor Greek, but I think it’s important to not claim a deceased empire’s legacy as your own. The Roman Empire’s achievements are theirs and theirs alone, and their descendants are scattered across much of modern Europe

@@kevingutierrez9273 well said. For anyone reading, please read my comment in addition to Kevin’s. He’s covered the history of the term “Byzantium” and the reason why the Eastern Roman Empire spoke Greek incredibly well

Confused folks

Yes. Christ also never mentioned of earning or ruling the earth he said his kingdom is not of this world. Orthodoxy teaches the same to look above and beyond the earthly things and to focus on the heavenly and the most devine. Catholicism split and they had all the greed the corruption and in the end paved way for illuminati, protestanism and other challenges that christendom faces today.

I'd like to attribute the statement to ignorance, but when he prefaces the entire conversation that way, it makes you not even want to listen. But when the Patriarch is the subject, listening to him share his wisdom makes it worth it.

Orthodox faith is the only truth faith my brother.older than katholicism..putin karolos of england and many others important persons are orthodox christians..

@@user-sx7ou4od1w Exactly, we Greeks were the FIRST Catholic and Apostolic church, the Romans were Greeks...and there was NO schism. Watch the video "The Great Schism: did it even really happen? by Metropolitan Pavlos Stratigeas, on the channel: Greek Orthodox Christian Television. BEST explanation ever, and no Catholics know this, they insist WE broke away....

@@user-sx7ou4od1w Council of Constantinople I “The bishop of Constantinople shall have the primacy of honor after the bishop of Rome, because his city is New Rome” (canon 3 [A.D. 381]).

@@user-sx7ou4od1w Augustine “There are many other things which rightly keep me in the bosom of the Catholic Church. The consent of the people and nations keeps me, her authority keeps me, inaugurated by miracles, nourished in hope, enlarged by love, and established by age. The succession of priests keep me, from the very seat of the apostle Peter (to whom the Lord after his resurrection gave charge to feed his sheep) down to the present episcopate [of Pope Siricius]” (Against the Letter of Mani Called “The Foundation” 5 [A.D. 397]). “[On this matter of the Pelagians] two councils have already been sent to the Apostolic See [the bishop of Rome], and from there rescripts too have come. The matter is at an end; would that the error too might be at an end!” (Sermons 131:10 [A.D. 411]).

@@spartanmoon Council of Chalcedon “Bishop Paschasinus, guardian of the Apostolic See, stood in the midst [of the Council Fathers] and said, ‘We received directions at the hands of the most blessed and apostolic bishop of the Roman city [Pope Leo I], who is the head of all the churches, which directions say that Dioscorus is not to be allowed to sit in the [present] assembly, but that if he should attempt to take his seat, he is to be cast out. This instruction we must carry out” (Acts of the Council, session 1 [A.D. 451]). “After the reading of the foregoing epistle [The Tome of Leo], the most reverend bishops cried out: ‘This is the faith of the fathers! This is the faith of the apostles! So we all believe! Thus the orthodox believe! Anathema to him who does not thus believe! Peter has spoken thus through Leo!’” (ibid., session 2).

It's important you come to Christ in Rome

@muise alimoideen: I appreciate your statement, sir, and I believe that you're on the way to Heaven, even as Muslim (-from Christian perspective), as long you truly follow your God, in the right way, which is the way of love and goodness.

@@vickvickson4273 we don't think Christians who worship man will go to heaven at all. They must stop worshiping man other than Allah.

@@alireact1827 Your last sentence is wrong, God is not a man. But no-one of us humans has ever seen God, since we are only humans and "he" is God. EXACTLY IN ORDER FOR US HUMANS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE TRUE RELATION WITH GOD AND TO BE ABLE TO BE CLEAN- AND HOLY ENOUGH IN FRONT OF GOD, God decided to INCARNATE as a human, as a God-Man (-Jesus) and take all the sins of humans on Himself and thus eliminate ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING which separates us humans from being with God (being Holy AND EVEN HAVING GOD'S NATURE). So, by accepting Son of God (-by faith, ONLY faith that He is who he claimed that He is, i.e. Son of God and ONE WITH FATHER GOD, only faith in that is enough and justifies/accuses a man in the eyes of God) any human gets saved and will be with God in heaven. And any OTHER things, like praying 6 times a day, eating this and not that, is NOTHING (not enough) in the eyes of God and even UGLINESS in front of God (-if one practice ONLY that and if one lives AFTER the time of Jesus being here on earth), since it ignores THE SUFFERING AND VICTORY (RESURRECTION) of His Son (whom He sent for us and for justification of OUR sins). So, at least according to Christianity, hell will be full of people who didn't want to accept Christ during their lives, while many of these people performed all religious commandments of their religion (Judaism, Islam, Hinduism,...), at least if they HEARD about Christ (but have spontaneously chosen NOT to believe in Him). Imagine that you're a father who sent your only son to some far away village to help people there. Some of villagers accepted your son and his glory, while others beated him. Wouldn't THAT (-their attitude to your son) be the MAIN criteria for your attitude to THEM (not how well they performed other things)? That's Christianity, my friend. You don't need to even lift a spoon in order to be justified in front of God, but you have to BELIEVE in it and RESPECT it and GLORIFY it (in true happiness) since He (-Got Father, God Son and The Holy Spirit) did all the job and suffering for you and instead of you, out of pure LOVE for you (just don't ignore that love). That's why Apostle John says "God is love", and this love and mercy is open to EVERYONE. It's FREE but it's not CHEAP at all (it's payed with great suffering and sacrifice of God, for our sake).

@@vickvickson4273 To be honest with you i stopped the moment you said jesus dieid for our sins.What are we created for if a man took our sins. What is our goal on this planet. To drink alchol, have sex. make childrens, make money is that all we are created for. NOO. W e are created for to worship god alone just like jesus was created to worship Allah alone. You must stop this paul words and follow correct teaching of jesus.

Dena looks like 2009 www.cbsnews.com/news/patriarch-bartholomew-feels-crucified-17-12-2009/

Just like Christ and the Apostles did, right? Oh wait, they didn't.

@@chronos401 there's no point to your comment. Every single Christian faith including the Eastern Orthodox has big cathedrals. Greece needs a replacement for Hagia Sophia, something the Russians, Romanians, Serbians etc., have already accepted and therefore built massive churches.

Yep, the next Ecumenical Patriarch must be chosen from a college of cardinals (effectively) in Istanbul, which has now been banned. They’re practically banning the next Orthodox Pope, whose position has existed for over 1,700 years

Send Mr."Vlakas" and his geek stupid friends to prison !! #Paris #ist #Chalke

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Don't know about it never herd about it

They should be digitized.

They're in the safest place they could be. That monastery has been there for almost 1500 years.

Sad but very, very true. The Ecumenical Patriarch can’t leave Constantinople/Instanbul, as his predecessor must be chosen from this city. It’s ironic and incredibly unfortunate that historically the most powerful Christian patriarch (ie, from 324-1453 - being the closest to the Roman Emperor), who has been oppressed by the Turks since 1453, is now being persecuted and forced out by a Turkey’s PM who wants Sharia Law but doesn’t follow Muhammad’s principles (ie, freedom of religion for Christians)

It is. I remember seeing this interview a long time ago.

This is from 2009

The schismatics recognized by Bart were free from "Moscow burden" anyway. Istanbul pope has betrayed the true Ukrainian Orthodox Church under Met. Onuphry and created a conflict which will last for many decades if not centuries.

@@holger3943 you're deluded

@@tobyroyparkerjr.233 don't think so.

Can you please explain more. I'm new to Eastern Orthodoxy, coming from a Protestant background.

He is not excommunicated. The Russian archbishop has issues with him because he granted autocephaly to Ukraine.

The Church in Rome was established by the Apostles and it carries the memories of the martyrdom of St. Peter and Paul and consecrated by the witness of countless other martyrs.

@@melroycorrea7720 The church in Rome was turned into a gate for devils to destroy the Church of The Holy Trinity. It remained just "Catholic" by name as it's lost its ortho-doxy.

the west of greece was once upon a time all TURKS

Think you’re missing the point a little. This Christian area won’t exist once these priests die, since they’re not allowed to train any predecessors now. That will cause the oldest group of Christians in the world to perish (people who have lived in Constantinople/Istanbul for over 1,700 years). And the fact this is intentionally being done is even more shameful

Also, wouldn’t call it a “blessed life” when you get daily death threats from a population that hates you and intentionally treats you like a second class citizen to get rid of you. Discrimination is never a good thing

One of the reasons being the Pope has proclaimed himself as infallible (ie, can’t do any wrong); whereas the Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch refuses to take such a title, because they think it’s ridiculous and that every man is capable of making mistakes. The arrogance of one position against the humility of another I suppose

In early 11th century, two popes claiming supremacy of the priesthood and leadership of the church split the catholic or medieval church in half. A huge reason of the great schism. The divide has remained ever since. Just as the western Roman-catholic faithful has their pope, the Eastern Orthodox Christian faithful have theirs. Simple as that.

@@bobbq8380 St Photios was never considered to be a “pope”. The schism occurred over violations of canonical authority with the Patriarchs of Constantinople, Antioch, Alexandria, and Jerusalem denying the patriarchal overreach of the patriarch of Rome.

@@nathanielharmon7167 well, that and the sacking of Constantinople by the Pope’s army during the crusades, being the greatest betrayal in religious history (in short, Constantinople opened their doors to the Pope’s army as friends and Christian brothers, who instead raped, murdered and pillaged the innocent people of Constantinople under the Pope’s orders - effectively out of jealously)

It has the title empire, while the administrational language absolutly was greek it was still and empire that means that diffrent peoples lived in it.

I’m sorry but that land has never been “Greek land”, nor was it ever called the “Byzantine empire. While the main language of Constantinople was Greek (considered to be the language of intellectuals based on the Ancient Greeks), it was founded by Romans (Constantine the Great) for Romans, whose inhabitants only called themselves Roman. From 324 - 1453, it was only ever called the “Roman Empire” or more specifically the “Eastern Roman Empire”, until the Ottoman Empire (Turkish empire) conquered the heart of the empire, Constantinople (modern day Istanbul) in 1453. The term “Byzantium” or “Byzantine Empire” was actually only coined in 1557, 104 years after the Empire’s collapse, in an attempt to wrongly separate the Roman Empire from Julius Caesar and Augustus from the continuation of their empire by Constantine the Great (when he shifted the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome to Constantinople). I’m not Italian nor Greek, but I think it’s important to not claim a deceased empire’s legacy as Greek when that’s never been the case. The Roman Empire’s achievements are theirs and theirs alone, and their descendants are scattered across much of modern Europe