Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople hopes to draw the Bulgarian Patriarchate into his sphere of influence - the Head of the Phanar invited Church Sophia to become a mediator in relations between the Constantinople and Moscow Patriarchatestranslated

Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, on the air of BNR, expressed the opinion that the Bulgarian Orthodox Church is capable of playing a key role in overcoming the existing differences between the Phanar and the Russian Orthodox Church, the portal Raskolam.net reports.

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