Interesting...perhaps it shows Turkey’s new alignment with Russia. Can’t say that I blame them, given their other choice (being a US slave state).
Not really - the Syriac Ancient Orthodox Church is not an Eastern Orthodox church but part of the Oriental Orthodox churches that include the Coptic, Armenian and Ethiopian churches.
They are called Miaphysite namely that holds Jesus, the “Incarnate Word, is fully divine and fully human, in one ‘nature’ (physis).” as opposed to the Eastern Orthodox/Catholic/”Protestant” Monophysite that holds that holds Jesus, the “Incarnate Word, is fully divine and fully human, one person in two ‘nature’ (physis).”
Yeah, yeah, to me it also sounds like arguing over words. The real split, to me, was due to ethnic tensions and politics.
Turkey’s recent moves to convert the Hagia Sophia back to a mosque (from a museum) is more important to the Russian (and the wider Orthodox World) than this act.
This may be related to https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2022-10/syriac-monastery-mor-efrem-reopening-assyrian-liturgy.html
Syriac monastery in Turkey reopens after 100 years
from October last year.
Granted, it is for the Syriac Catholic Church (which is a branch of the Oriental Syriac Church that came back in communion with the Catholic church.
I wonder what Erdogan is playing at.