Patriarchal meeting about the abudcted Bishops Met of Aleppo Ibrahim and Alexandria Pavel (Yazidji) respectively

On April 18, 2019, at the invitation of His Beatitude, Archbishop Nova Justinana and all of Cyprus, Chrysostomos II, Most Blessed Patriarchs of Alexandria and All Africa, Theodore , Antioch and All East, John X and Jerusalem Theophilus III visited the island of Cyprus. The main topic of the meeting was the problems of inter-Orthodox relations, as well as the situation of Christians in the Middle East. Following the meeting, a joint communiqué was published, stating that the Most Blissful Primates of the Orthodox Churches discussed the problems that had arisen “after the granting of autocephaly to the Orthodox Church in Ukraine. After His Beatitude Archbishop Chrysostom of Cyprus reported on a mediation initiative that he personally undertook, the three Primates agreed with her that His Beatitude continue to engage her in favor of unity in Christ of the Orthodox Church. ... The Most Blessed and Most Holy Primates, in the spirit of this meeting, called on all parties to cooperate to achieve, on the one hand, the Eucharistic unity, which is the fullness of the Church in Christ Jesus, and on the other, to protect believers, temples and monasteries from attacks and all kinds of violence, whatever the reasons and motives are causing them. ” Also, the Primates of the four Orthodox Churches expressed regret over the “absolute indifference of the states and the mighty of this world regarding the fate” of the Orthodox metropolitan Aleppo and Alexandretta Pavel (Yazidji) abducted in Syria and the Syro-Yakovite Metropolitan Aleppo John (Ibrahim). The sixth anniversary of this abduction is celebrated on April 22, 2019. At the meeting of the Patriarchs of Antioch and all of East John X and Theophilus III of Jerusalem, "with sincerity and fraternal love exchanged views on the problem that occupies two Local Churches, and expressed their intention and good will to immediately overcome these difficulties in order to achieve the desired Eucharistic communion."