On December 13 in Constantinople, Patriarch Bartholomew celebrated the holy apostle Andrew’s feast day (old calendar) at the metochion of the Vatopedi monastery, which serves the Russian-speaking Orthodox. In his homily at the end of the Divine Liturgy, he addressed recent developments. He described the decision made by « the Most Holy Church of Russia, the brother-Patriarchate of Moscow » to break the Eucharistic communion with the Ecumenical Patriarchate, « the Mother Church »