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Timeline of Orthodoxy in Greece

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=== Third Hellenic Republic (1974-Present) ===
[[Image:Archbishop-serapheim-stamp.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Archbishop [[Seraphim (Tikas) of Athens|Seraphim (Tikas)]] of Athens<br>(1974-1998).]]
*1974 [[Esphigmenou Monastery (Athos)]], a stronghold for the conservative Greek [[Old Calendarists]], withdrew its representative from the common meetings of the Holy Community at [[w:Karyes (Athos)|Karyes]] (the administrative center of [[Mount Athos]]), accusing the [[Church of Constantinople|Patriarchate]] of being [[Ecumenism|ecumenist]], and refusing to commemorate the Patriarch; Metropolitan [[Seraphim (Tikas) of Athens|Seraphim]] of Ioannina is elected Archbishop of Athens and all Greece (1974-1998); the Cathedral of Saint Andrew in Patras is inaugurated, being the largest church in Greece, housing the relics of [[Apostle Andrew|Saint Andrew]] the Apostle.[[Image:Patras Cathedral.jpg|rightleft|thumb|220px|Cathedral of Saint Andrew in Patras, Achaea, Greece.]]
[[Image:Philotheos Zervakos.jpg|right|thumb|210px|Blessed Elder Archimandrite [[Philotheos (Zervakos)]] (Paros, Greece).]]
[[Image:Elder Paisios of Mount Athos.jpg|right|thumb|210px|Elder [[Paisios (Eznepidis)]] of Mount Athos.]]
*1974 [[Esphigmenou Monastery (Athos)]], a stronghold for the conservative Greek [[Old Calendarists]], withdrew its representative from the common meetings of the Holy Community at [[w:Karyes (Athos)|Karyes]] (the administrative center of [[Mount Athos]]), accusing the [[Church of Constantinople|Patriarchate]] of being [[Ecumenism|ecumenist]], and refusing to commemorate the Patriarch; Metropolitan [[Seraphim (Tikas) of Athens|Seraphim]] of Ioannina is elected Archbishop of Athens and all Greece (1974-1998); the Cathedral of Saint Andrew in Patras is inaugurated, being the largest church in Greece, housing the relics of [[Apostle Andrew|Saint Andrew]] the Apostle.
*1975 Death of Papa-[[Dimitris (Gagastathis)]]; ''Article 3'' of the [[w:Constitution of Greece|Greek Constitution]] officially declares the prevailing religion in Greece as Eastern Orthodoxy under the authority of the autocephalous [[Church of Greece]], united in doctrine to the [[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate]].<ref group="note">'''Church and State'''<br>The Orthodox Church in Greece has been considered historically as the protector of the so-called “Hellenic Orthodox Civilization.” The actual role of the Orthodox Church since the creation of the Greek nation-state has been interpreted in many diverse and opposing ways; nevertheless, '''in all Greek Constitutions the Orthodox Church is accorded the status of the “prevailing religion"'''.
Article 3 of [[w:Constitution of Greece|Greece's Constitution]] defines the relations between the Church and the State :
*2000 Government of Greece orders removal of compulsory reference to religious affiliation on state identity cards, despite campaigns against this from the [[Church of Greece]] and the majority of the public.
*2001 Death of Elder [[Haralambos Dionysiatis]], teacher of [[Jesus Prayer|noetic prayer]]; on the first trip to Greece by a Pope since AD 710, Pope John Paul II of Rome [[Fourth Crusade#Papal Apology to Orthodox Church|apologizes to Orthodox Church]] for [[Fourth Crusade]]; a day earlier some 1,000 Orthodox conservatives took to the streets to denounce his visit; in March, Abp. [[Christodoulos (Paraskevaides) of Athens]] blessed the ''Hellenic Genocide Petition Effort'', which urged that the government not violate Law 2675/98 by deleting the term "genocide" when explaining the destruction of Hellenism in Asia Minor; Abp. [[Christodoulos (Paraskevaides) of Athens]] visits the [[Church of Russia|Patriarchate of Moscow]], being also received by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
[[File:Vladimir Putin 8 May 2001-3.jpg|left|thumb|Russian President Vladimir Putin, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia [[Alexei II (Ridiger) of Moscow|Alexei II]], and head of the Greek Orthodox Church Archbishop [[Christodoulos (Paraskevaides) of Athens|Christodoulos]] of Athens and all Greece, at the Kremlin in Moscow.]]
*2002 The Holy Synod of the [[Church of Greece]] rejected a proposal to introduce Modern Greek into the [[Divine Liturgy]] (similar to what the Second Vatican Council did for the Roman Catholic Church by allowing the use of the vernacular for the Mass), opting to keep [[Koine Greek]] as it was spoken 2,000 years ago and used in [[New Testament]] texts;<ref>''"Greek Orthodox ban modern Greek in liturgy. (News in Brief: Greece)."'' '''Catholic Insight'''. Nov. 2002: 27+.</ref> [[Metropolis of Glyfada]] is established as a new [[metropolis]] separating from [[Metropolis of Nea Smyrni]]; Abp. [[Christodoulos (Paraskevaides) of Athens]] consented to the construction of a mosque in Athens to end the situation of the Greek capital being the only EU capital without a Muslim place of worship; Ecumenical [[Bartholomew I (Archontonis) of Constantinople|Patriarch Bartholomew I]] of Constantinople declared the monks of [[Esphigmenou Monastery (Athos)]] as being in [[schism]] with the [[Orthodox Church]].
*2003 Orthodox Churches in Europe commemorated the 550th anniversary of the fall of Constantinople in May; the Greek Minister of Culture Evangelos Venizelos informs Europarliament session that the status of the monasteries on Holy [[Mount Athos]] and its way of life will remain unchanged, citing official recognition of this status fixed in Article 105 of the Greek Constitution and also legally confirmed in the special Athens Treaty clause specifying conditions on which Greece joined the European Union; in February, the Holy Synod of the [[Church of Greece|Greek Orthodox Church]] issued a statement opposing the threat of war in Iraq.
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