Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Quotes
We have always declared that war in the name of religion is war against religion, and that we must separate political from religious activism, so that what is done by political dictates is not confused with what is taught by our three monotheistic religions. 
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We call for an end to the killing of one another, and we denounce the violence and fanaticism that threatens life. The victory of the resurrection must be experienced as a victory of life, of brotherhood, of the future, of hope.
- Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
We salute you for your steadfastness in maintaining the faith of your ancestral tradition, as well as your love for the beautiful, spiritual, cultural and folk traditions in which you reverently persevere. Truly it is out of respect and love for the memory of your forebears that you have clung to your ecclesiastical and ancestral customs.
- Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew