Som De udmærket ved, er vores patriarkat ikke nogen "national" kirke, men snarere det fundamentale kanoniske udtryk for de økumeniske dimensioner i evangeliets budskab og for patriarkatets tilsvarende ansvarsopgave inden for det kirkelige liv.
As you know so well, our Patriarchate is not a 'national' church, but rather the fundamental canonical expression of the ecumenical dimensions of the Gospel message, and of its analogous responsibility within the life of the Church.