Communiqué of the holy Community of Mount Athos on the recognition of the « Republic of North Macedonia » by the Hellenic State

« With great sadness and sorrow, the Holy Community of Mount Athos received news of the joint signing of the Prespa Agreement concerning the renaming of the neighboring country of Skopje. Surely, we Christians must strive for the unity of all Orthodox, for the lifting of schisms, for peace, and avoid in any way the creation of hotbeds of fanaticism and religious and ethnic hatred. Thus, the resolution of the lasting