As the 1983 anathema against ecumenism states:
Love and unity has to be in Truth which is Christ Himself.
We need to stand up and say no to these bishops who without our consent trample upon Christ and His Church, they behave like only they represent the Church, this makes them no different from the catholics where the Pope decides everything, we are all members of the Church and we have to protest when heresy is being preached, silence in this matters is a sin.
Please sign this petition to express your protest to these heretical actions, I want to spread this petition to all Orthodox jurisdictions/dioceses and monasteries so they can be aware of this issues but first they need to see that many people signed it so they would have the motivation to condemn these ecumenists.
Those who attack the Church of Christ by teaching that Christ's Church is divided into so-called "branches" which differ in doctrine and way of life, or that the Church does not exist visibly, but will be formed in the future when all "branches" or sects or denominations, and even religions will be united into one body; and who do not distinguish the priesthood and mysteries of the Church from those of the heretics, but say that the baptism and eucharist of heretics is effectual for salvation; therefore, to those who knowingly have communion with these aforementioned heretics or who advocate, disseminate, or defend their new heresy of Ecumenism under the pretext of brotherly love or the supposed unification of separated Christians, Anathema!
Love and unity has to be in Truth which is Christ Himself.
We need to stand up and say no to these bishops who without our consent trample upon Christ and His Church, they behave like only they represent the Church, this makes them no different from the catholics where the Pope decides everything, we are all members of the Church and we have to protest when heresy is being preached, silence in this matters is a sin.
Please sign this petition to express your protest to these heretical actions, I want to spread this petition to all Orthodox jurisdictions/dioceses and monasteries so they can be aware of this issues but first they need to see that many people signed it so they would have the motivation to condemn these ecumenists.
To sign it proceed via this link:
https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/petition-against-ecumenism
I will list their heretical activities, I will highlight in red their heretical statements
A heretical ecumenical pact was signed in Bari Italy on 23 January 2026
Present at this ecumenist gatheing were:
https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/petition-against-ecumenism
I will list their heretical activities, I will highlight in red their heretical statements
A heretical ecumenical pact was signed in Bari Italy on 23 January 2026
Present at this ecumenist gatheing were:
Catholic Church, MATTEO MARIA ZUPPI, Holy Orthodox
Archdiocese of Italy, POLYKARPOS
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Article 1 - Foundation of communion
We recognize that our unity has its source in Christ Jesus, the one Lord and Savior, and that the Holy Spirit guides us to build relationships of authentic communion.
We confess that every division and misunderstanding between our Churches is a wound to the Body of Christ and manifests the sin of the Churches. We implore the divine grace of forgiveness and mutual reconciliation.
Article 2 – Commitment to Mutual Respect
The Churches signing this Pact undertake to recognize and respect one another as Christian communities animated by the same Spirit, avoiding any form of competition, proselytism, or oppression.
Therefore, we commit ourselves to ensuring our fidelity to the Pact: the option for dialogue is a choice to be pursued with determination even when positions diverge and when internal or external pressures fuel fractures and disagreements between us and could divide us.
Each community will safeguard its own confessional identity in truth and love, welcoming the other as sisters in faith.
We commit ourselves to pray and work to remove what still painfully separates us today.
Article 3 – Collaboration for Social Cohesion and the Common Good
In obedience to the commandment of love and the evangelical mandate, we commit ourselves to cooperate in favor of justice, peace, and solidarity among the men and women of our time.
In particular, our Churches will work in a spirit of service to:
· protect the dignity of every person created in the image of God;
· promote peace and dialogue between peoples, cultures, and religions;
· welcome the poor, migrants, the marginalized, and those who suffer;
· protect creation as a gift entrusted to our common responsibility;
· fight against anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and every other form of religious discrimination.
Article 4 – Common Witness
We wish to make the unity of faith visible through common prayer, shared listening to the Word of God, and solidarity in our cities and communities.
We are aware that only a united witness, despite diversity, can be a credible sign of Christ's love for the world.
We are committed to collaborating to best proclaim the Gospel in secularized and post-secular society.
We are committed to a public presence of the Church that respects secularism and engages in dialogue with society.
We are committed to promoting the freedom and equal dignity of every Christian denomination and religion before the State through critical and constructive dialogue on the relationship between religion, secularism, and politics in the Italian context, in the awareness of the contribution that religions can make to the material and spiritual progress of society. "Every citizen has the duty to carry out, according to his or her own possibilities and choice, an activity or function that contributes to the material or spiritual progress of society" (Article 4, paragraph 2, of the Constitution).
We are committed to respecting the freedom of conscience of every person.
We are committed to pursuing religious freedom for every person.
Article 5 – Ongoing Commitment
The signatory Churches undertake to maintain an ongoing and fraternal dialogue through periodic meetings of prayer, discernment, and concrete collaboration. Each Church will promote, within its own Church, initiatives that foster understanding and mutual respect among the faithful of different Christian denominations.
We therefore undertake to ask all our communities present in the territory to develop a specific work program each year.
Article 6 – Final Invocation
We entrust this Pact to the mercy of God, that he may bless it, protect it, and make it fruitful. We pray to the Holy Spirit to renew our hearts and lead us toward that full communion that only He can achieve: "that they may all be one" (Jn 17:21).
Romanian Orthodox Diocese, SILUAN
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Italy, CARSTEN GERDES
Bulgarian Orthodox Church, IVAN IVANOV
Waldensian Evangelical Church, ALESSANDRA TROTTA
Evangelical Baptist Christian Union of Italy, ALESSANDRO SPANU
Federation of Evangelical Churches in Italy, DANIELE GARRONE
Evangelical Church of Reconciliation, GIOVANNI TRAETTINO
Armenian Apostolic Church of Italy, NERSES HARUTYUNYAN
Administration of the Parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in Italy, AMBROGIO MATSEGORA
The Church of England, JULES CAVE BERGQUIST
Serbian Orthodox Church, DUSAN DUKANOVIC
Salvation Army, LIDIA BRUNO
Coptic Church of Milan, SHENUDA GERGES
The Church of Scotland, TARA CURLEWIS
Work for the Evangelical Methodist Churches in Italy, LUCA ANZIANI
Communion of Free Churches, the delegate, EDUARDO ZUMPANO
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Article 1 - Foundation of communion
We recognize that our unity has its source in Christ Jesus, the one Lord and Savior, and that the Holy Spirit guides us to build relationships of authentic communion.
We confess that every division and misunderstanding between our Churches is a wound to the Body of Christ and manifests the sin of the Churches. We implore the divine grace of forgiveness and mutual reconciliation.
Article 2 – Commitment to Mutual Respect
The Churches signing this Pact undertake to recognize and respect one another as Christian communities animated by the same Spirit, avoiding any form of competition, proselytism, or oppression.
Therefore, we commit ourselves to ensuring our fidelity to the Pact: the option for dialogue is a choice to be pursued with determination even when positions diverge and when internal or external pressures fuel fractures and disagreements between us and could divide us.
Each community will safeguard its own confessional identity in truth and love, welcoming the other as sisters in faith.
We commit ourselves to pray and work to remove what still painfully separates us today.
Article 3 – Collaboration for Social Cohesion and the Common Good
In obedience to the commandment of love and the evangelical mandate, we commit ourselves to cooperate in favor of justice, peace, and solidarity among the men and women of our time.
In particular, our Churches will work in a spirit of service to:
· protect the dignity of every person created in the image of God;
· promote peace and dialogue between peoples, cultures, and religions;
· welcome the poor, migrants, the marginalized, and those who suffer;
· protect creation as a gift entrusted to our common responsibility;
· fight against anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and every other form of religious discrimination.
Article 4 – Common Witness
We wish to make the unity of faith visible through common prayer, shared listening to the Word of God, and solidarity in our cities and communities.
We are aware that only a united witness, despite diversity, can be a credible sign of Christ's love for the world.
We are committed to collaborating to best proclaim the Gospel in secularized and post-secular society.
We are committed to a public presence of the Church that respects secularism and engages in dialogue with society.
We are committed to promoting the freedom and equal dignity of every Christian denomination and religion before the State through critical and constructive dialogue on the relationship between religion, secularism, and politics in the Italian context, in the awareness of the contribution that religions can make to the material and spiritual progress of society. "Every citizen has the duty to carry out, according to his or her own possibilities and choice, an activity or function that contributes to the material or spiritual progress of society" (Article 4, paragraph 2, of the Constitution).
We are committed to respecting the freedom of conscience of every person.
We are committed to pursuing religious freedom for every person.
Article 5 – Ongoing Commitment
The signatory Churches undertake to maintain an ongoing and fraternal dialogue through periodic meetings of prayer, discernment, and concrete collaboration. Each Church will promote, within its own Church, initiatives that foster understanding and mutual respect among the faithful of different Christian denominations.
We therefore undertake to ask all our communities present in the territory to develop a specific work program each year.
Article 6 – Final Invocation
We entrust this Pact to the mercy of God, that he may bless it, protect it, and make it fruitful. We pray to the Holy Spirit to renew our hearts and lead us toward that full communion that only He can achieve: "that they may all be one" (Jn 17:21).
Source: https://www.chiesacattolica.it/patto-tra-chiese-cristiane-in-italia/
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SOLEMNITY OF THE CONVERSION OF SAINT PAUL
CELEBRATION OF SECOND VESPERS
59th WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY
HOMILY OF POPE LEO XIV
Basilica of St Paul outside the Walls
Sunday, 25 January 2026
Dear brothers and sisters,
In one of the Scripture passages we have just heard, the Apostle Paul refers to himself as “the least of the apostles” (1 Cor 15:9). He considers himself unworthy of this title because he had once been a persecutor of the Church of God. Nevertheless, he is not a prisoner of that past, but rather a “prisoner in the Lord” (Eph 4:1). It was indeed by the grace of God that Paul came to know the risen Lord Jesus, who revealed himself first to Peter, then to the other Apostles and to hundreds of other followers of the Way, and finally also to him, a persecutor (cf. 1 Cor 15:3-8). His encounter with the risen Lord brought about the conversion that we commemorate today.
The depth of this conversion is reflected in the change of his name from Saul to Paul. By the grace of God, the one who once persecuted Jesus has been completely transformed into his witness. The one who once fiercely opposed the name of Christ now preaches his love with burning zeal, as vividly expressed in the hymn we sang at the beginning of this celebration (cfr. Excelsam Pauli Gloriam, v. 2). As we gather before the mortal remains of the Apostle to the Gentiles, we are reminded that his mission is also the mission of all Christians today: to proclaim Christ and to invite everyone to place their trust in him. Every authentic encounter with the Lord is, in fact, a transformative moment that grants a new vision and a new direction for the task of building up the Body of Christ (cf. Eph 4:12).
The Second Vatican Council, in the beginning of its Constitution on the Church, expressed its ardent desire to proclaim the Gospel to all creation (cf. Mk 16:15) and so “bring to all humanity that light of Christ which is resplendent on the face of the Church” (Lumen Gentium, 1). It is the shared task of all Christians to say humbly and joyfully to the world: “Look to Christ! Come closer to him! Welcome his word that enlightens and consoles!” (Homily of the Mass for the Beginning of the Pontificate of Pope Leo XIV 18 May 2025). My dear friends, every year the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity invites us to renew our commitment to this great mission, bearing in mind that the divisions among us – while they do not prevent the light of Christ from shining – nonetheless make the face which must reflect it to the world less radiant.
Last year, we celebrated the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea. His Holiness Bartholomew, Ecumenical Patriarch, invited us to celebrate the anniversary in İznik, and I give thanks to God that so many Christian traditions were represented at that commemoration two months ago. Reciting the Nicene Creed together in the very place where it was formulated was a profound and unforgettable testimony to our unity in Christ. That moment of fraternity also allowed us to praise the Lord for what he accomplished through the Nicene Fathers, helping them to express clearly the truth of a God who drew near to us in Jesus Christ. May the Holy Spirit find in us docile minds even today, so that we may proclaim the faith with one voice to the men and women of our time!
In the passage from the Letter to the Ephesians chosen as the theme for this year’s Week of Prayer, we repeatedly hear the adjective “one”: one body, one Spirit, one hope, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God (cf. Eph 4:4-6). Dear brothers and sisters, how can these inspired words not touch us deeply? How can our hearts not burn within us when we hear them? Yes, “we share the same faith in the one and only God, the Father of all people; we confess together the one Lord and true Son of God, Jesus Christ, and the one Holy Spirit, who inspires us and impels us towards full unity and the common witness to the Gospel” (Apostolic Letter In Unitate Fidei, 23 November 2025, 12). We are one! We already are! Let us recognize it, experience it and make it visible!
My dear predecessor, Pope Francis, remarked that the synodal journey of the Catholic Church “is and must be ecumenical, just as the ecumenical journey is synodal” (Address to His Holiness Mar Awa III, 19 November 2022). This was reflected in the two Assemblies of the Synod of Bishops in 2023 and 2024, marked by deep ecumenical zeal and enriched by the participation of numerous fraternal delegates. I believe this is a path for growing together in mutual knowledge of our respective synodal structures and traditions. As we look toward the 2,000th anniversary of the Passion, Death and Resurrection of the Lord Jesus in 2033, let us commit ourselves to further developing ecumenical synodal practices and to sharing with one another who we are, what we do and what we teach (cf. Francis, For a Synodal Church, 24 November 2024, 137-138).
Dear friends, as the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity draws to a close, I extend cordial greetings to Cardinal Kurt Koch, to the members, consultors and staff of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, and to the members of the theological dialogues and other initiatives promoted by the Dicastery. I am grateful for the presence at this Liturgy of numerous leaders and representatives of the various Churches and Christian Communions worldwide, in particular Metropolitan Polykarpos, representing the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, from the Armenian Apostolic Church, and Bishop Anthony Ball, on behalf of the Anglican Communion. I also greet the scholarship students of the Committee for Cultural Collaboration with the Orthodox and the Oriental Orthodox Churches from the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, the students of the Bossey Ecumenical Institute of the World Council of Churches, as well as the ecumenical groups and pilgrims participating in this celebration.
The materials for this year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity were prepared by the Churches in Armenia. With deep gratitude, we remember the courageous Christian witness of the Armenian people throughout history, a history in which martyrdom has been a constant feature. As we conclude this Week of Prayer, we honor the memory of Catholicos Saint Nersès Šnorhali “the Gracious,” the holy Catholicos who worked for the unity of the Church in the 12th century. He was ahead of his time in understanding that the search for unity is a task entrusted to all the faithful, and that it requires the healing of memory. As my venerable predecessor Saint John Paul II recalled, Saint Nerses also teaches us the attitude we should adopt on our ecumenical journey: “Christians must have a profound interior conviction that unity is essential, not for strategic advantage or political gain but for the sake of preaching the Gospel” (Homily at the Ecumenical Celebration, 26 September 2001).
According to tradition, Armenia was the first Christian nation, after King Tiridates was baptized by Saint Gregory the Illuminator in the year 301. We give thanks for the intrepid heralds of the saving Word who spread the faith in Jesus Christ throughout Eastern and Western Europe. We pray that the seeds of the Gospel may continue to bear fruit on this continent in unity, justice and holiness, for the benefit of peace among the peoples and nations of the whole world.
Source: https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/homilies/2026/documents/20260125-vespri-unita-cristiani.html
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Heretics and a Lesbian Cleric: Archbishop Elpidophoros’ Latest Ecumenist Scandal
On January 30th, 2026, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (GOARCH), in cooperation with the World Council of Churches, once again participated in a blasphemous public display of heresy by conducting a joint ecumenical prayer service inside Holy Trinity Cathedral in New York. This event was led by the Arch-Heresiarch Elpidophoros, head of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. As is evident from their own publicly posted YouTube video, the service lasted over an hour and consisted of the graceless pseudo-bishop Elpidophoros, together with other so-called “Orthodox” bishops and priests, publicly praying the Our Father alongside a wide assortment of non-Orthodox heretics.
Among the participants at this blasphemous event were the Papist Cardinal Dolan, a personal friend of Elpidophoros, a number of Monophysite hierarchs, Lutherans, Anglicans, and other Protestant sectarians. At this event, Papists and Monophysites were given time to lead these supposed “Orthodox” clergymen in prayer through an ecumenical prayer service created specifically for the occasion and composed of non-Orthodox prayers. In addition to leading prayers, these heretics were also permitted to deliver sermons to the audience, during which they openly preached their heretical ecumenical theology and even exchanged the so-called “kiss of peace.”
At this heretical event, the program included prayers taken from the ecumenically condemned Monophysites, followed by a heretical address delivered by the Arch-Heresiarch Elpidophoros. In this address, he openly and bareheadly preached an anti-Orthodox homily, explicitly rejecting Orthodox dogmatic ecclesiology. He declared that Orthodox Christians must “move beyond our ecclesial insularity” and that “we must endeavor to intentionally embrace the diversity that already exists in the Body of Christ.” This so-called “diversity” is nothing other than theological diversity. In effect, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and its primate are publicly promoting the heretical branch-theory of ecclesiology, according to which the Church is said to exist outside of Orthodoxy. This explains why Elpidophoros calls for the abandonment of ecclesiological exclusivity—that is, the confession that the Orthodox Church alone is the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church, and in fact the only True Church of Christ.
In addition to his absolutely heretical and blasphemous preaching and abandonment of Orthodox Christian ecclesiological doctrine, this event differed from Elpidophoros’ usual ecumenical gatherings in that, on this occasion, he invited three female “clerics” to lead Orthodox bishops, priests, and laity in prayer. One of these women was a female cleric from the Anglican sect; another was a so-called “bishop,” Bishop Katrina Foster, Presiding Bishop of the Metropolitan New York Synod of the ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America), an openly homosexual cleric of that sect; and the third was from an unidentified denomination dressed in Latin priest vestments.
THIS NEEDS TO STOP!