Greek Church

Total deaths with Covid-19 have surpassed 5,000 in Greece, as 54 people with the virus passed away in the country on Monday.

The Greek Church, after a decision by the Holy Synod, stood defiant on Monday after a governmental decree ordered them to shut their doors.

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...

The Greek government has launched an attack on the Council of State after this week's decision that changes in grade-school religion lessons are unconstitutional. The decision concerns policy changes made by former education minister Nikos Filis. The Church of Greece...

Greek media are reporting that an emergency meeting of the country's senior Orthodox clergy has been called over the 'Macedonia' name dispute. The reports follow public differences, emerging from within the Greek Orthodox Church, over Sunday’s major rally in Thessaloniki, against the...

Differences continue to emerge within the Greek Orthodox Church over approaches to the ‘Macedonia’ issue, with Sunday’s major rally in Thessaloniki exacerbating a rift among senior clergy. There also appears to be uncertainty over whether church authorities in Athens should...

Although the Greek church insists on the absence of the term "Macedonia" in a future FYROM name, the Holy Synod said, according to Greek media reports, Archbishop Ieronymos does not support the upcoming rally over the name issue. "We are...

Church bells have rung in a western Greek diocese to protest a new law that makes it easier for citizens to change their legal gender. Under the guidance of ultra-conservative Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop Amvrosios of Kalavryta, clerics in his diocese...

Greece's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that it has been informed about cases of provocative acts in Christian churches in Istanbul. "In view of the Easter holidays, we expect the Turkish authorities to honor their relevant commitments and take all necessary...

"The strident refugee crisis proves that the center of the European Union is not its currency, but its human beings" President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said during his address to the President and members of the Permanent Synod of the Church of...