Μια
μεγάλη εκστρατεία συλλογής υπογραφών, με σκοπό την επαναλειτουργία της Θεολογικής Σχολής της Χάλκης, πραγματοποιείται αυτές
τις ημέρες στο διαδίκτυο.
Είναι υποχρέωσή μας, ως Έλληνες
Ορθόδοξοι Χριστιανοί, να συμμετάσχουμε μαζικά.
RE-OPEN THE THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL OF HALKI
Why this is important
The Modern Theological School of Halki was opened in 1844 at the Monastery of the Holy Trinity in Constantinople. It is the training center for hierarchs of the Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople, Turkey.
The forcible closure of Halki in 1971, after the infamous pogroms and deportations of Greek Orthodox Christians in 1955 and 1964, constitutes a violation of Articles 37-44 of the Treaty of Lausanne, the United Nations Charter, the European Convention on Human Rights, and the basic Principles on Security and Cooperation in Europe, among others.
Any time a Greek government has requested the reopening of the School, the Turkish government attempts to cover its discrimination by making demands‒in return‒on matters that are completely unrelated to the Halki issue and were nonexistent at the time of Halki’s closure.
While the Halki School of Theology was closed, other private Colleges were permitted to function, indicating the discriminatory nature of Halki School’s closure.
Both
the American Congress and the European Parliament have adopted Resolutions
demanding the reopening of Halki. At least two American Presidents and hundreds
of other political and religious figures worldwide, including the Pope of Rome,
have called on Turkish authorities to lift the discriminatory restrictions on
the Halki School of Theology.
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