Government talks on the transfer of the original tomos on church autocephaly
in Poland to the Ecumenical Patriarch Constantine VI Cover Image

Rozmowy rządowe w sprawie przekazania oryginału tomosu o autokefalii cerkiewnej w Polsce przy patriarsze ekumenicznym Konstantynie VI
Government talks on the transfer of the original tomos on church autocephaly in Poland to the Ecumenical Patriarch Constantine VI

Author(s): Andrzej Borkowski
Subject(s): Social history, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Sociology of Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: Orthodox Church; Second Polish Republic; Ecumenical Patriarch Constantine VI; Tomos; autocephaly; Ministry of Religious Affairs and Public Enlightenment;

Summary/Abstract: Upon the issuance of the patriarchal and synodal Tomos on autocephaly on November 13, 1924, the Polish government began talks regarding the ceremonial transmission of the above act by the patriarchate's delegation. At the request of the synod of Orthodox bishops in Warsaw, the Polish government undertook to obtain the acceptance of the remaining autocephalous Orthodox Churches to declare Polish autocephaly. Arrangements related to the arrival of the patriarchate's delegation to Poland in order to deliver the original Tomos on autocephaly were initiated by the Ecumenical Patriarch Constantine VI. Due to the planned arrival of a delegation to Poland for the ceremony announcing autocephaly, the Polish government commissioned the publication of a scientific study on the Orthodox Church in Poland. For the first time, the article published the only preserved original of the Tomos on Polish autocephaly, kept in the archives of the Ecumenical Patriarchate at the Fanar in Constantinople.

  • Issue Year: 2024
  • Issue No: 26
  • Page Range: 5-16
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish
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