November 26, 2015. The Chapel of Saint George, which is located in the hospital at Chania in Crete (Greece), was desecrated, as the official website of the diocese Kydonia reports. The attackers tried to rob the chapel and for this reason, they caused damages to it. Bishop Damascene and the president of the Council of the chapel expressed their sadness […]
» Read moreSeptember 27, 2015. Orthodox Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos reacted to the statement of The new Greek Deputy Education Minister Sia Anagnostopoulou announcing the simplification of the procedure for opting-out of religious classes for Greek students. According to the present system, a student must sign an official school document declaring his religion or conversely declaring himself as an […]
» Read moreAugust 6, 2015. On the day when the Church of Greece celebrates the Transfiguration of the Lord the Greek vice-minister of education and religion Mr.Tasos Kourakis had a meeting with the Atheist union of Greece as the website of the Atheist union reports.
» Read moreJune 16, 2015. The Archbishop of Athens and all Greece Hieronymus II sent a letter to the Minister of Justice, Mr. Mihalis Paraskevopoulos, to express his opposition against the bill of civil partnership that the Greek Government prepares. This bill is going to include also the right for registered partnership the persons of the same sex and thus will be […]
» Read moreMay 13, 2015. The Holy Synod of the Church of Greece decided during its second session for the May, that all its members will go with the Archbishop Hieronymos II to venerate the relics of Saint Barbara as the website of the Holy Synod reports. The veneration decided to take place before the beginning of the third session of the […]
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