Mark Stokoe and friends report that the six bishops who were enthroned in their dioceses, minus Metropolitan PHILIP, will travel to Damascus on 1 June for meetings with Patriarch IGNATIUS IV.
OCANews: All bishops but Met. PHILIP to go to Damascus next week
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The only thing I can figure is that +Philip has gone entirely off into the deep end, round the bend, completely bonkers. Why would anyone work for forty years toward one goal, then with one action, tear down everything he had accomplished so far?