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Tempest in a teapot: The attacks on Archbishop Elpidophoros and foreign policy stunts

By George Gilson

Those who are at all familiar with the Eastern Orthodox Church are well aware that Archbishop Elpidophoros (Lambriniadis) of America long before becoming leader of the Greek Orthodox Church in the US was one of its most eminent and respected hierarchs.

Job of the Day: SYRIZA govt seeks priest for the Greek Police

Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) Citizen Protection Minister John Panousis and Culture, Education and Religious Affairs Minister Aristidis Baltas signed a political decree to recruit a cleric to the Greek Police Force (ELAS). The position requires someone who is under the age of 40, a Theological School graduate, and ordained in the Greek Orthodox Church.

Minister opposes plans to establish Islamic Studies department at Thessaloniki university

Minister of Macedonia and Thrace Giorgos Orfanos has criticized plans to establish a department of Islamic Studies at the Theological School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

In comments made Thursday, Orfanos said that it would be wrong to mix the study of Orthodox faith with “something else.”