« The Patriarchate does not act under political pressure »

In an interview published in the February 27 Sunday edition of the Greek daily To Vima, Metropolitan Emmanuel of France responded to accusations made by the Moscow Patriarchate against Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. He stressed that: « the Ecumenical Patriarchate acted only on the basis of the interests of the Orthodox faithful in Ukraine (…). He did not act for his own interests, nor under political pressure, and was certainly not influenced