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Founded at the time that parts of Greece continued to gain their independence from the Ottoman Turks, the Zoe Brotherhood has been credited by some with revitalizing the Orthodox [[Church of Greece|Church in Greece]] through the establishment of many schools and other organizations. The concept of their popular youth organization came to be copied in other Orthodox countries. Following World War II, the Brotherhood expanded their publishing program with distribution of hundred of thousands of Zoe sponsored publications.
In the late 1950s and into the 1960s, the Brotherhood began to have serious internal conflicts. These conflicts centered over charges of "Westernizing" and "Pietisticism" by a number of younger theologians. The theologian [[Panagiotes N. Trembelas|Panagiotes Trembelas]] charged that Zoe was deviating away from the principles originally outlined by Fr. Eusebios. The conflict resulted in a split that saw the formation, in 1960, of a rival organization called ''Soter'' (Gr. Σωτηρ, meaning 'Savior'). <ref> [[http://www.theandros.com/pietism.html]] Nick Trakakis.</ref> Also, the development of close ties by the Brotherhood with the governing "Colonels" in the 1960s also damaged the Brotherhood's reputation, when the dictatorship of the Colonels fell in 1974.
The Zoe Brotherhood publishing house makes available many Greek liturgical books and periodicals including holy scriptures in Greek that are used in Church.
