Category: Greece

Greek Parliament Approves Same-Sex Marriage, Stirring Debate within Orthodox Church

OCP- February 17, 2024

Wiki OCP News Service – 17/02/2024 Athens- Greece: The Greek Parliament voted to legalize same-sex marriage on February 15,2024, making Greece the first Orthodox Christian-majority ... Read More

Armenian Catholicos Welcomes New Greek Ambassador, Discusses Shared Challenges and Cooperation

OCP- February 17, 2024

  armenianchurch.org armenianchurch.org OCP News Service – 17/02/2024 Yerevan-Armenia: His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, received the newly appointed Greek ... Read More

Archbishop Ieronymos II Hosts Archbishop Kegham Khatcherian of Armenian Church in Greece

OCP- February 3, 2024

ecclesia.gr ecclesia.gr OCP News Service – 03/02/2024 Athens- Greece: Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens and All Greece received Archbishop Kegham Khatcherian, prelate of Armenian church ... Read More

Greek Church Denounces Same-Sex Marriage Bill, Vows Unified Response

OCP- January 25, 2024

  Petraki Monastery - Seat of Holy Synod - Church of Greece OCP News Service – 25/01/2024 Athens- Greece: The Holy Synod of the Hierarchy ... Read More

Archbishop of Crete Affirms Equality: “All Are Children of God” Amid Same-Sex Marriage Debates

OCP- January 10, 2024

OCP News Service – 10/01/2024 Crete-Greece: In a recent interview on Crete TV's Contrasts, Archbishop Evgenios of Crete emphasized his belief that all individuals, regardless ... Read More

Mount Athos Expresses Concerns Over Archbishop Elpidophoros’ Visit Amidst Same-Sex Baptism Controversy

OCP- January 5, 2024

His Eminence Elpidophoros - Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America   With Inputs from Orthodox Times and Ortho Christian – 05/01/2023 Mount Athos – Greece: The ... Read More

Metropolitan Philotheos Enthroned as Metropolitan of Thessaloniki

OCP- November 29, 2023

  OCP News Service – 29/11/2023 Athens- Greece: Metropolitan Philotheos, the Metropolitan-elect, was enthroned as Metropolitan of Thessaloniki on 25 November 2023, at the Hagia ... Read More

Archbishop of Athens and Vice President of Indonesia Meet to Discuss Peace and Cooperation

OCP- November 26, 2023

ecclesia.gr/ OCP News Service – 26/11/2023 Athens- Greece: On 23 November 2023, the Archbishop of Athens and all Greece, Ieronymos, met with the Vice President ... Read More

Archbishop of Athens Urges Immediate Ceasefire and Humanitarian Aid for Gaza During Visit by Palestinian Ambassador

OCP- November 20, 2023

ecclesia.gr OCP News Service – 20/11/2023 Athens- Greece: In a solemn meeting held on 15 November 2023, Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens and All Greece ... Read More

Let Us Pray for All People in the Middle East: Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens and All Greece

OCP- October 26, 2023

ecclesia.gr OCP News Service – 26/10/2023 Athens- Greece: The Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens and All Greece, invited the faithful to pray for the situation ... Read More