"A Turkish connection
March 05, 2005
IT is a wonderful thing to visit His All Holiness, the Patriarch Bartholomew, in his ancient compound in Istanbul. His is the most senior patriarchate in all the Orthodox Christian churches.
The compound is in a part of Istanbul that is older even than the Ottoman Empire, a part of the city that was the heart of the old Christian empire of Byzantium. The Christians of Turkey are mostly Greek Orthodox, and their patriarchate has been located in Istanbul, formerly Constantinople for 1700 years. "
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