Patriarch of Constantinople will not send his representatives to enthronement of the new head of the Church of Czech Lands and Slovakia

Istanbul, February 6, 2014

Archbishop Rastislav of Czech Lands and Slovakia Archbishop Rastislav of Czech Lands and Slovakia
The Romphea Greek Church news agency has reported that Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople will not send his representatives to the enthronement of Archbishop Rastislav of Czech Lands and Slovakia.

By this token gesture the Church of Constantinople is saying that it does not recognize the newly elected head of the Church of Czech Lands and Slovakia, as the elections were carried out without the presence of locum tenens Metropolitan Simeon of Brno and Olomouc, reports Sedmitza.ru.

Sedmitza.ru

2/7/2014

See also
Enthronement of Archbishop Joachim of Prague Enthronement of Archbishop Joachim of Prague Enthronement of Archbishop Joachim of Prague Enthronement of Archbishop Joachim of Prague
On February 1, 2014, the enthronement of the newly-elected Archbishop Joachim of Prague and the Czech Lands took place at Ss Cyril and Methodius’s in Prague in the presence of numerous clergy and laity. New head of Orthodox Church of Czech Lands and Slovakia elected New head of Orthodox Church of Czech Lands and Slovakia elected New head of Orthodox Church of Czech Lands and Slovakia elected New head of Orthodox Church of Czech Lands and Slovakia elected
The extraordinary 13th Local Council of the Church of Czech Lands and Slovakia took place on January 11, 2014, in Presov (Slovakia).

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