CONSTANTINOPLE – The Greek Orthodox community in Constantinople wants to remove the graves of Papa Efhtim and his sons, Papas Efthim II and III, from its historic cemetery in Constantinopole, the Hurriyet Daily News reported. Efhtim declared himself the pope of the Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate, which he founded in 1921 (other accounts date the founding […] The post Constantinople’s Greeks Want Turkish “Patriarchs” out of Orthodox Cemetery appeared first on The National Herald.
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