Church Seeks OK to Rebuild Old Center
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ISTANBUL, Turkey — The Ecumenical Patriarchate says it expects permission soon from the Turkish government to rebuild the delapidated, old center of the world’s 250 million Eastern Orthodox Christians.
Patriarch Dimitrios, “first among equals” of Eastern Orthodox leaders in various countries, now works with his staff in cramped, crumbling stone buildings. Relations between the Eastern Orthodox church and Turkish authorities have been strained over the years.
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