‘Dialogue and reconciliation are not optional for us’: An interview with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I talks to The Pillar about the Ukraine war, the Russian Orthodox Church, and the quest for Christian unity

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I is the spiritual leader of an estimated 300 million Orthodox Christians worldwide.

He was chosen in 1991 to lead the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, the ancient see identified with the Apostle Andrew, who Benedict XVI described as “the Apostle of the Greek world.”

Nicknamed the “Green Patriarch” because of his…