Greek officials, Church, condemn ex-bishop’s remarks on rape
Athens, GreeceAP Greek politicians and the country’s powerful Orthodox Church joined in condemning a retired bishop who claimed Friday that women aren’t raped “without wanting it.” Chrysostomos, Metropolitan Bishop of Dodoni, ordains a priest at Athens Cathedral, Greece, on Monday, 14th October, 2019. Chrysostomos’ statement in a TV interview on Friday, 2nd September that a […]
Russian Orthodox Church sends its second most powerful figure on lower-ranking overseas posting
London, UKReuters Russia’s Orthodox Church has ousted its second most powerful bishop from his role in charge of foreign relations and sent him to Budapest, an abrupt decision indicating discord at the top of the Moscow Patriarchate over the war in Ukraine. The Holy Synod, which met at the white-walled 13th century Danilovsky Monastery in […]
Greek Church to allow worshippers at Easter Week services
Athens, GreeceAP The powerful Church of Greece said Tuesday it would allow the faithful to take part in Orthodox Easter services next week but limit attendance and hold the services earlier in the day to conform with a government-imposed curfew. The decision comes despite Greece reporting a high number of COVID-19 cases and deaths, and […]
Greek Orthodox Church: For some, communion remains unchanged despite virus
ELENA BECATOROS and COSTAS KANTOURIS, of Associated Press, report…