Prohibition to an Orthodox bishop to visit schools for educative reasons
February 24, 2016. The associations of teachers and professors of schools in Nea Ionia (Athens, Greece), rejected the visits of Metropolitan and the priests in schools during the religious course in order to discuss with students, as the official website of the diocese reports.
Metropolitan of Nea Ionia and Philadelphia, Gabriel commented: “I am deeply sorry that in 2016, in our homeland, the priests are rejected from the public education. I am sorry because some people underestimate on purpose the huge contribution of the Orthodox Church to our nation during its history and the fact that the majority of citizens of this country are Orthodox”.