2023-04-21 16:26:00
In Istanbul, they detained and then released the great archimandrite of the Patriarchate of Constantinople Agatangelos Siskos. A little earlier, he was caught red-handed for stealing an antique watch, write Athens News.
An early 19th century watch worth 500,000 lire was stolen from a well-known antique shop [2 млн рублей] from 18 carat gold, specially made for the palace, Turkish media report. The thief turned out to be the last person to think of. When the sellers looked through the surveillance camera, they were simply shocked. Since the thief turned out to be the Great Archimandrite of the Ecumenical Patriarchate Agatangelos Siskos.
When the bishop was taken into custody, he tried to justify himself, saying that he simply forgot the watch in his hand and automatically took it with him. The second shock came when the thief was released. True, at first he was taken to prison, from where he was released with the intervention of the police guard of Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople.
After the incident, Patriarch Bartholomew sent his archimandrite on indefinite leave. The store owner, in her statements to the Turkish media, said, among other things, that “it is very unfortunate, because the perpetrator is a member of the Patriarchal court and had to think about the consequences for the reputation of his organization.
Recall that it was Patriarch Bartholomew who in 2019 issued the so-called tomos on the creation of a schismatic Orthodox Church of Ukraine, whose followers today persecute priests and parishioners of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
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