The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew contacted Patriarch John X of Antioch by telephone, expressing the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s support for the unspeakable tragedy caused by the powerful earthquake in southeastern Turkey and northern Syria, in areas under the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Antioch.
The Ecumenical Patriarch stated the willingness and readiness of the Ecumenical Throne to assist in every possible way in supporting our Orthodox brothers living in the affected areas, as well as every fellow human being who is suffering from the earthquake.
