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General Category => World News => Topic started by: endicom on April 15, 2017, 03:40:57 pm

Title: Greek Orthodox Bishop calls on Erdogan to denounce Islam and be baptised
Post by: endicom on April 15, 2017, 03:40:57 pm
Neos Kosmos
Apr. 13, 2017

Greek Orthodox Bishop, Metropolit Seraphim of Piraeus has caused controversy by urging Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to convert to Orthodoxy with Russian President Vladimir Putin as his godfather. And no, it's not a joke.

In a 37-page letter to Erdogan written in Greek, Metropolit Seraphim asks the Turkish leader to denounce his Islamic faith and be baptised in the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.

More... http://neoskosmos.com/news/en/Greek-Orthodox-Bishop-calls-on-Erdogan-to-denounce-Islam-and-be-baptised


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