January 6, 2023
Editor, FEATURED, Opinion
The Greek Orthodox tradition to throw a Holy Cross into the waters on the Epiphany Day remains largely a males-only issue even in the 21st century. Dozens of men, as young as 8 years old and as old as 89, jumped into the cold sea, into a river or a …
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August 26, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Α sermon against abortionσ will be read in the churches across Greece, the Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church decided on Thursday. The sermon against abortions will b read on Sunday, September 8, on the feast of the Birth of Virgin Mary. The Permanent Holy Synod of the Church …
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November 16, 2020
Greece
The Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church said that those insisting that coronavirus is transmitted through the Holy Communion are “neurotic.” In a statement issued on Monday, the Holy Synod claims that it is being targeted by certain media and that the Holy Communion is not “unhealthy.” The statement …
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October 9, 2020
Greece
A lawmaker from conservative ruling party New Democracy has proposed that the Greek Orthodox Church should make the leftist rapper murdered by Golden Dawn, Pavlos Fyssas, a saint. MP and former ND spokeswoman Sofia Voultepsi said the Church should make Pavlos Fyssas a saint because “his sacrifice” freed Greece from …
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March 16, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Following a lot of “gentle” pressure by the government, the Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church took a historic decision to impose several restrictions in the operation of the churches across the country and to call on vulnerable groups of the society and elderly to stay home. “Everybody should …
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July 26, 2019
Uncategorized
Old priests with long bears with a life in celibate suddenly decided to tell women what they should do with the bodies. The Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church has introduced the Day of “Unborn child” in order to solve the demographic problem of Greece, protect the life of …
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January 9, 2019
Greece, Politics
Less than a week after Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I signed a tomos of autocephaly for the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, formally recognizing the Church’s independence, the Greek orthodox Church has launched the procedure needed for the recognition of the Church of Ukraine. The tomos was signed on January 5 at …
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October 5, 2017
Greece, Politics
The Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church urged the coalition government to withdraw a legislation on gender change that is to be voted through the Parliament on upcoming Monday. In a statement the Holy Synod said that the proposed bill challenges the feeling society, it torpedoes the sacred institution …
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April 12, 2017
Politics, Turkey-GR
An unprecedented move by a Greek Orthodox Bishop. He urged Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to denounce Islam and baptized Greek Orthodox with Russian President Vladimir Putin as godfather. It may look like a joke but it is not. Metropolit Seraphim of Piraeus, one of the most hardcore religious leaders …
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October 15, 2015
Politics
A miracle happened end of September. The Greek Orthodox Church was excluded from the capital controls and is allowed to withdraw up to 20,000 euro per month, when the rest of Greeks – people or business – are bound to strict restrictions. We have always knew that Greece is a …
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September 7, 2015
Very Mix
The Greek Church dismissed claims that it does not pay taxes to the state and described such claims as “urban legend.” In a statement issued by the Holy Synod, a committee of 13 bishops, the Greek Orthodox Church officially replied to a comment by interim Economy Minister Nikos Christodulakis to …
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January 26, 2015
Politics
That’s indeed a “revolutionary start” if it will be confirmed to be true: Elections winner and new Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will not follow the good old Greek tradition of taking his oath as Prime Minister in the presence of the Archbishop of Greece and get the blessing of …
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October 31, 2014
Very Mix
Believers in Greece, beware! Greek Orthodox Church turns its back to those who choose cremation over traditional burial. In a circular sent to all Metropolises, the Holy Synod of Bishops says that no priest will hold a funeral service and a memorial service to those who explicitly declared they wanted …
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May 21, 2013
Politics
US State Department expressed concern about rising anti-Semitism and racism after the election of extreme-right Golden Dawn to the Greek Parliament in June 2012. In its annual report “International Religious Freedom for 2012”, released on May 20th 2013, the State Department notes among others that “immigrants and refugees fall victim …
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July 20, 2012
Economy
Archbishop of Athens and all Greece Ieronimos decided to give a thorough answer to all these reports and publications appearing in international press about the “Taxation of the Greek Orthodox Church”. The letter addressed to Greek PM and the EU leaders aims to “restore the truth”, as it is said: Letter about …
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December 29, 2011
Very Mix
Brooms landed on shoulders and backs, fists met noses and cheeks and no so holy insults tempted the ears of believers when Greek Orthodox priests clashed with Armenian clergymen and Franciscan monks over jurisdiction in the Nativity Church in Bethlehem. The traditional cleaning of the church turned into an ugly …
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