Bishop Seraphim of Piraeus

A Greek court ruled that two human rights activists falsely accused a Greek Orthodox bishop of hate speech and sentenced them to year-long prison sentences that were suspended for three years on Tuesday. Bishop Seraphim, who is the Metropolitan of...

Bishop Seraphim of Piraeus sent a letter to the Deputy Prime Minister, Evangelos Venizelos, asking him not to include same-sex couples in the cohabitation agreement. The Bishop marked that it would be an insult against God. Among others, the Bishop...

The government is blocking the new legislation for the integration of homosexual couples in the cohabitation agreement after the reactions of MPs of Nea Dimokratia and the church. The Greek government believes that the direct promotion of the legislation...

Bishop Seraphim of Piraeus is threatening to excommunicate any member of the Greek Parliament that votes for the amendment to include same-sex couples in the Cohabitation Agreement. A few days after Greece’s conviction by the Strasbourg Court, which ruled the...

The Hellenic Council of State rejected the request of three people for removal of religious icons and symbols in courtrooms. Greece’s highest administrative court upheld a decision by Thessaloniki court administrators in 2010, that asked for icons to be...