The Metropolitan of Chalkidona Emmanuel characterized the move of the Ecumenical Patriarchate to recognize the Church of Skopje as the Archdiocese of Ohrid as a brave and philanthropic action and added that this is another schism that was healed on the Patriarchate of. Bartholomew.
In his speech at the international conference on 30 years of service of the Ecumenical Patriarch, in the ceremony hall of AUTh, in the presence of Mr.. Bartholomew, He pointed out that the Patriarch exceeded all good expectations for his ministry and added that what distinguishes him as a personality and as a great Patriarch among his predecessors is his unconditional devotion to the responsibilities bequeathed to him by the sacred rules and the tradition of the Church..
He added that the administration of so-called autocephaly, is one of the responsibilities that Mr.. Bartholomew takes care and diligently to serve and which had been attempted in the past to be sacrificed, on the altar of a federation of the Orthodox Church in individual headless heads.
"With true courtesy, with nobility and ethos, but above all, putting nothing more than his genuine love for the sacred institution of the Ecumenical Patriarchate for more than thirty years, he works day and night., studies seeks all this in the light of the need to redress all the mistakes of the past ", underlined.
He stressed that the Ecumenical Patriarch loves the Church of Christ with passion and strength, "It is not governed on the basis of the pastoral, the temporary, here and now interest, but invoking the grace of the Holy Spirit , constantly cultivates the permanent, the useful and not useful ".
Mr.. Emmanuel pointed out that in his speech he tried to demonstrate "what pseudology and propaganda are trying to hide, that the Ecumenical Patriarch lives and moves only for the Church of Christ and the responsibilities of his throne, which he defends with all his existence ".