Church of Greece

The Association of Greek Clerics said on Wednesday it will soon hold meetings with leaders of parties in Parliament ahead of the constitutional review in October which will seek a separation of Church and state.

Among the issues of concern for clerics is the possibility that some 9,000 of them will be removed from the state's payroll.

The Church of Ilion, Acharnon and Petroupoli has denied reports that bogus priests conducted dozens of fake weddings on its premises, saying that the alleged ceremonies occurred before the church's foundation in 2010.

The Holy Synod of the Church of Greece on Friday issued a circular calling on priests across the country to hold special prayers for the victims of this week's deadly wildfires in Attica during the regular Sunday service.

In a bid to boost its charity work, the Church of Greece has broadened the activities of its humanitarian arm Apostoli by forging cooperations with major businesses, Archbishop Ieronymos revealed on Tuesday. 

The Perpetual Holy Synod of the Church of Greece has been called to an emergency session over ongoing name talks between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Kathimerini understands.

The Perpetual Holy Synod of the Church of Greece has agreed it will "not back down" over the use of the word "Macedonia" in the name dispute between Athens and Skopje, Kathimerini understands.

The Perpetual Holy Synod of the Church of Greece was set to convene again on Wednesday to discuss recent developments regarding negotiations between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) over the name dispute.

The monks of Mount Athos in northern Greece have urged the left-led government to withdraw draft legislation that would allow free determination of gender identity irrespective of how it was recorded at birth.

The Church of Greece paid just over 2 million euros in taxes for 2016, it emerged on Wednesday following a session of the Holy Synod chaired by Archbishop Ieronymos.

The synod examined the Church's budget and determined that 2.1 million euros was paid for income tax and the unified property tax, known by its acronym ENFIA. Last year the Church paid 3.5 million euros for 2015.

Religious affairs lessons in Greek schools are to remain compulsory, the Church of Greece and the government have agreed, despite a proposal by the country's education policy institute, known by its acronym IEP, that those lessons be optional.