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A weekend to focus on our efforts to secure religious freedom for the Mother Church of Constantinople. ARE TURKEY’S CHRISTIANS REALLY AS ‘FINE’ AS THEY SAY? New article on ChristianPersecution.com explores the situation Read Article The Theological School of Halki remains forcibly closed since 1971 Learn More The Turkish Government has confiscated thousands of properties from the Ecu*enical Patriarchate. struggle that lies before us culminates in vigilance, renewal and repentance. #MondayMotivation - Ecu*enical Patriarch Bartholomew Protestant pastors in #China prepare to lose their lives for preaching the Gospel, defying communist crackdown. The Order of Saint Andrew The Order of St. Andrew the Apostle is comprised of Archons of the Ecu*enical Patriarchate who have been honored for their outstanding service to The Orthodox Church by having a Patriarchal title, or offikion, bestowed upon them by His All Holiness, Ecu*enical Patriarch Bartholomew. Those upon whom this title of the Mother Church has been conferred are known as Archons of the Great Church of Christ, and the titles are personally conferred by the Exarch of the Ecu*enical Patriarchate in America, His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios. The Order's fundamental goal and mission is to promote the religious freedom, wellbeing and advancement of the Ecu*enical Patriarchate, The first person Jesus invited to become one of his disciples was St. Andrew (John 1:35–40). This “first called” Apostle was the brother of St. Peter. After Pentecost, St. Andrew traveled to many cities to preach the Gospel and establish churches. Tradition says he established the church in the city of Byzantium—which would be renamed Constantinople about 300 years later. As you can see in the icon, the Apostle pas*ed the Gospel to his successor, St. Stachys, the first bishop of the church that became the Ecu*enical Patriarchate Tradition also says St. Andrew went to Thrace, to lands around the Dniepr River (in today’s Ukraine), and eventually to Epirus and