The Ecumenical Patriarchate denies receiving « compensation » in return for the granting of the tomos of autocephaly to Ukraine

The director of the Ecumenical Patriarchate Press and Communication Office, Nikos Papachristou, issued the following communiqué: “Allegations or information from anyone claiming that the Ecumenical Patriarchate, in order to grant the Tomos of Autocephaly to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, allegedly sought and received, or requested, any form of compensation, financial or other, whether from political or ecclesiastical persons, is absolutely false, unsubstantiated and slanderous. At the same time, such