A final thought regarding lessons that Orthodox Christians might learn from Pope Francis…
The Church has always looked to the horizon outside of itself and has at times found truth in the most surprising of places. Fr. Thomas Hopko was correct: “God is not a prisoner of His own Church!”
In this light, Orthodox Christians would do well to follow the present-day example of our father Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and give Pope Francis our kindness, consideration, and our prayers. After all, if the Pope of Rome can humble himself and wash the feet of an Orthodox Christian, then the Holy Spirit can indeed work in ways that we never before thought possible.
Excerpt from the Orthodox Christian Network
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