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The public statement on Thursday by Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece that the Church of Greece would agree to the baptism of children of same-sex couples when they grow up, if they so desire, surprised senior clerics, who referred to his address just two days ago at the meeting of the Holy Synod, where he had stressed that the Hierarchy will speak in one voice.

A rare Greek icon named Axion Esti from Mount Athos was transported on Wednesday to Athens, where it will be exhibited for public veneration over the next two weeks.

A rare Greek icon named Axion Esti from the all-male monastic community of Mount Athos was transported on Wednesday to Athens, where it will be exhibited for public veneration over the next two weeks.

A four-member delegation from the Vatican will meet with Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece on Friday, ahead of a ceremony to mark the return of three marble fragments from the Parthenon to the Acropolis Museum.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece on Monday afternoon.

At the meeting at Maximos Mansion, the two leaders discussed issues related to the development of the Greek Orthodox Church assets, particularly promoting the investment involving Church-owned land in Schisto, announced in September 2022.

Turkey condemned on Monday the comments made by Greece's top cleric about Islam, describing them as "presumptuous" and noting that they undermine efforts to restart the exploratory bilateral talks on maritime sovereignty which are scheduled to start later in January.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan thanked Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomeos for the support and donations of the patriarchate, Greek institutions in the city and donors abroad in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic, during a call on Wednesday.

Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece, the head of Greece's Orthodox Church, was admitted on Saturday at the Onassio Hospital to have a pacemaker installed.

The operation was scheduled and came after the recommendation of his physicians, Ieronymos' office says.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was sworn in at the Presidential Mansion, with Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece conducting the ceremony in the presence of President Prokopis Pavlopoulos.

The government has released its revised plan on the implementation on the church-state agreement agreed to by PM Alexis Tsipras and Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece, following a meeting between Education, Research, and Religious Affairs Minister Kostas Gavroglu and the church's committee on dialogue with the state.