Archbishop Ieronymos
Greece
Archbishop Ieronymos Urges People to Stay at Home in Address to the Nation
Ieronymos II, the Archbishop of the Orthodox Christian Church of Greece, addressed the nation on Friday afternoon in a televised message broadcasted by Greece's public broadcaster ERT2.
Ieronymos referred to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, saying that ''we all know that...
Greece
Greek Church Requests Coronavirus Exception to Conduct Liturgies Behind Closed Doors
The leadership of the Orthodox Christian Church of Greece requested an exemption from the coronavirus curfew measures in a letter sent to the Education & Religion Ministry officials on Thursday.
Their request was submitted so that they could carry on...
Greece
Archbishop Ieronymos on Coronavirus: ''Let's Make Every Home a Small Church''
The Bishop of Athens and Archbishop of Greece Ieronymos II issued a statement on Friday in regard to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic which has changed all of our lives in the last several days.
“I stay at home because I...
Greece
Archbishop Ieronymos Offers Help to Homeless Greek Couple
The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos offered to cover the accommodation costs of the elderly couple which has been made homeless and has been camping outside a church in central Athens for more than 40 days.
Ieronymos visited...
Greece
Greek Holy Synod Recognizes Orthodox Church Of Ukraine
The Church of Greece decided on Saturday to recognize the autocephalous Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), making it the first of the Eastern Orthodox churches to take such a step.
Formal recognition will take place on October 19 in Thessaloniki,...
Greece
Greek PM Mitsotakis Scraps Plan to Loosen State – Church Ties
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis assured Archbishop Ieronymos on Tuesday that his government will not implement the agreement forced through by the previous leftist administration which sought to loosen relations between the state and the Orthodox Church.
Mitsotakis said that...
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
Tsipras Vows To Bring Draft Bill on State-Church Relations, Ieronymos Agrees
Following a decision by the Church of Greece's Hierarchy on Friday, the Prime Minister's office vowed to proceed immediately with the drafting of a bill to allow for all employees at the Church of Greece including priests to be paid...
Greece
Church of Greece Holy Synod Decides Priests Should Remain on State Payroll
The Church of Greece Hierarchy on Friday decided to continue dialogue with the State on the proposed changes to the church/state relationship, but it took a stand against its priests being removed from the state payroll.
The long meeting of the...
Greece
Church of Crete Criticizes Proposed Deal on Changes to Church, State Relations
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Education Minister Kostas Garvroglou
The Holy Synod of the Church of Crete on Saturday came out against the proposed deal concerning constitutional changes between Church and State, as discussed between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Archbishop...