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Ecumenical Patriarchate Condemns U.S.-Russia Clergy Meetings

11/20/2025

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Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate condemn Washington meetings between U.S. officials and Russian Orthodox clergy.
They label these clergy as supporters of Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine.
They urge President Donald Trump's administration to cancel the meetings.
They credit U.S. Representative Joe Wilson for highlighting persecution of the canonical Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
They note tensions stemming from the 2019 autocephaly grant to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

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Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate condemn Washington meetings between U.S. officials and Russian Orthodox clergy.
They label these clergy as supporters of Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine.
They urge President Donald Trump's administration to cancel the meetings.
They credit U.S. Representative Joe Wilson for highlighting persecution of the canonical Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
They note tensions stemming from the 2019 autocephaly grant to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.