Archbishop Demetrios,head of the Greek Orthodox Church in America, has sent a letter to President Barack Obama, as well as other high-ranking Washington officials, in order to draw attention to the treatment of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew by Turkey, according to Kathimerini website.
In addition to President Obama, letters were sent to Vice President Joe Biden, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid to ask for their help in protecting the Ecumenical Patriarch.
Archbishop Demetrios wrote the letters after Turkey expressed its displeasure at comments made by Patriarch Bartholomew in an interview on CBS's "60 Minutes" TV program, in which the patriarch complained that his treatment by Turkish authorities often left him feeling "crucified" and "like a second-class citizen."
Infuriated by Patriarch Bartholomew's choice of words, the Turkish foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, said, "We regard the use of the crucifixion analogy as extremely unfortunate. We cannot accept comparisons that we do not deserve."
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