Reopen of the theological school of Halki

Published by George Papasimakis on Aug 20, 2008

Their excellencies the Secretary general of the united nations Ban Ki moon, President of France and European Union Nikola Sarkozi, President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev,President of the Hellenic republic Karolos Papoulias President of the USA George Bush, Prime minister of Russia Vladimir Putin.

We ask that the enforced closure of the Theological school of Halki by the Turkish constitutional court will be aborted because it is against basic human rights in education, religion and property.

The continuation of the schools closure will cause extreme damage to the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople because that was the only institution that used to give supreme theological studies and its students used to become Patriarchs, bishops an priest for the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.

We note here that the Turkish law also does not allow the election of a non Turkish citizen Patriarch, facts that in combination with the closure of the Theological school of Halki drives the spiritual head of 250.000.000 million Orthodoxes into extinction from lack of personnel with supreme theological studies that also have the Turkish citizenship.

So our request in the name of justice, truth and right is the immediate reopening of the theological school of Halki.

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