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Greece
Greek Orthodox Church Drags Its Feet in the Age of Coronavirus
As Kuwait authorities have temporarily closed mosques and changed the Muslim call to prayer to deal with the spread of coronavirus, the Greek Orthodox Church is refusing to take drastic steps as at least 190 cases and three fatalities...
Greece
Greek Orthodox Church Declares Coronavirus Not Transmitted by Communion
The Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Greece issued a statement on Monday referring to the Covid19 coronavirus outbreak, maintaining that Holy Communion does not transmit the virus.
The new, controversial statement comes after days of heated public debate...
Greece
Greek Orthodox Church on Lesvos Island Destroyed by Vandals
The small church of Hagios Georgios (Saint George) near the village of Moria on Lesvos was vandalized by unknown assailants on Monday.
Some local people are blaming a group of migrants who live at the nearby camp for the act....
Greece
Greek Orthodox Church Synod Rejects Deal to Cut Church and State Ties
The Holy Synod of the Church of Greece on Tuesday rejected the deal which had been worked out between Archbishop Ieronymos and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in November of 2018.
The agreement between the two men had included the...
Greece
'Miracle' Cures Paralyzed Woman at Greek Orthodox Church (photos)
The congregation in a Greek Orthodox church have spoken of a 'miracle' as they witnessed a wheelchair-bound woman getting to her feet after a blessing from a local priest.
The incident occurred near the town of Lagadas, northern Greece, as...
Greece
African King Baptized into Greek Orthodox Church on Mount Athos
Every baptism is a happy occasion but a recent ceremony in the religious enclave of Greece's Mount Athos was a little extra special.
A tribal king who had travelled all the way from the West African nation of Ivory Coast...
Diplomacy
Prince Charles Hails Traditions of Greek Orthodox Church (video)
Prince Charles met the head of Greece’s Orthodox Church Archbishop Ieronymos on Thursday during the second day of his official visit to Greece.
Ieronymos briefed the heir to the British throne about the charity work of the Church and emphasized...
Greece
Greek Orthodox Church Celebrates St. Patrick (video)
St. Patrick may be thought of almost universally as a Roman Catholic figure, but a church in Grevena, in northern Greece, has always celebrated Ireland's beloved patron saint.
While revelers in Irish pubs in Athens, Thessaloniki and elsewhere paint the...
Greece
Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church to be Held June in Crete
The next Holy and Great Synod of the Orthodox Church will take place at the Orthodox Academy of Crete, in Kolymbari, west of Chania. More than 400 bishops representing 300 million Greek Orthodox Christians from around the world will...
Crime
150,000-Euro in Offerings Stolen from Greek Orthodox Church in Paros
Greek authorities were able to immediately solve a case regarding two church burglaries that took place on the Greek island of Paros on September 22, 2015. A 31-year-old Greek national was arrested on Wednesday afternoon, September 23rd.
Authorities have already...
Economy
Greek Orthodox Church Will Not Face Tax Hikes
Interim Economy Minister in Greece's caretaker government; Nikos Christodoulakis spoke with Ieronymos II; the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, on Tuesday, assuring him that he had never planned or even considered imposing additional taxes on the Church.
Christodoulakis said there was no...
Economy
Greek Orthodox Church Refutes Greek Finance Minister's Claims on Taxation Privileges
The alleged tax privileges of the Greek Orthodox Church has been a sensitive issue in Greece for years.
Greek Interim Finance Minister Nikos Christodoulakis recently brought the issue to the forefront when he claimed on Sunday that the Church has not...
Greece
Greek Orthodox Church Stance on the "God Particle"
The Metropolitan of Messinia Chrysostomos expressed his opinion over the discovery of the so-called “God particle” that astonished the whole world during the past days, clearly drawing a line between science and religion.
“I consider every comparison between the CERN...
Greece
Greek Orthodox Church Affected by Austerity Measures
Greece's powerful Orthodox church wants the government of the cash-strapped country to relax tough hiring restrictions so it can put more priests on the state payroll.
The government paid the salaries of 10,800 priests and church staff members who are...
Greece
Greek Orthodox Church deacon arrrested for 'trafficking human bones'
Police in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki say they have arrested a Swiss national and a Greek Orthodox deacon for trafficking in what they said were holy relics, the Associated Press reports.
The Swiss man was arrested Sunday afternoon...