New Jurisdiction in Greece

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Metropolitan Angelos live the Genuine Orthodox Church of Greece hedet by Archbishop Makarios of Athens (Lamians)
He start a new jurisdiction in comunion with Orthodox Church of Italy, Kiev Patriarhate, Montenegro Orthodox church.
Metropolitan Angelos is very close firend with former cyprianite bishop Symeon Minihofer who live the Cyprian Synod are now in Montenegro Orthodox Church

Fr. Anthimos
GOC - Makarios

see official news in italian

Gennaio 2007 dal 22 al 25

In delegazione con il Metropolita di Cetinje (Cettigne) e del Montenegro, mons. Mihailo Dedeić, e con l’Esarca montenegrino per l’Austria, il Liechtenstein e la Slovacchia, mons. Symeon Minihofer, il Metropolita Antonio si è recato ad Avlona, nella regione greca dell’Attica, vicino ad Atene. I tre arcivescovi sono giunti in Grecia su invito del Metropolita Angelos Athanasiou, che li ha ospitati presso il Monastero della Tutta Santa Madre di Dio. Il 23 Gennaio è stato siglato dai capi della Chiesa italiana e montenegrina l’atto di comunione con la Chiesa greca guidata dal Metropolita Angelos, che da quella data ha assunto il nome di “Chiesa Ortodossa Tradizionale di Grecia – Metropolia di Avlona”, dotata di giurisdizione su tutto il territorio ellenico.
La nuova realtà ecclesiale greca entra così in comunione con le Chiese Ortodosse italiana, montenegrina, ucraina e bulgara (le ultime due, non rappresentate all’incontro in Grecia, hanno fatto pervenire il loro consenso per iscritto). Il Metropolita Antonio ha espresso la propria soddisfazione per l’ammissione della giurisdizione ellenica nel gruppo di chiese locali nazionali di cui egli è uno dei fondatori, gruppo che adesso conta ben cinque membri fra Italia, Montenegro, Ucraina, Bulgaria e Grecia. È stato il Metropolita Antonio, amico di vecchia data di mons. Athanasiou, a porre in contatto la Chiesa greca con le altre ed a caldeggiarne la richiesta di comunione.

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The Italians with whom Met. Angelos is now in communion are New Calendarists according to their website, and if I recall correctly, the Kiev Patriarchate is not opposed to Ecumenism. One wonders how Met. Angelos could go from the Cyprianites to the GOC and now to New Calendarists who are not in communion with the state church of Greece.

Romanos

[Priest Siluan]

Thank you for these interesting news. It demonstrates that it seems from Kyprianism to Ecumenism there is just a step.

[Justin Kissel]

Another jurisdiction? Great!

[Priest Siluan]

So, the Montenegrin Orthodox Church has three former Kyprianite Bishops: Antonio (De Rosso), Simeon (Minihofer) and Angelos of Avlona.

BTW. If I am right, this same Angelos of Avlona, is that one who a while ago was linked in a not very happy episode which also had Gregory of Colorado as a actor.

[Benjamin W. C. Waterhouse]

Thank you for these interesting news. It demonstrates that it seems from Kyprianism to Ecumenism there is just a step.

It would have to be a very big step....

[Priest Siluan]

Thank you for these interesting news. It demonstrates that it seems from Kyprianism to Ecumenism there is just a step.

It would have to be a very big step....

Well, to say truth I have never heard that TOC bishops leaves the Orthodox Traditionalism for the "Word Orthodoxy", it only can be seen in Jurisdictions with Kyprianite Eclessiology ("Synod of Resistance" or "Synod of Milan"). Well it is also certain that we could say that they are "traditionalist" if we are very benign with them.

As for that ROCOR and Kyprianos have the same eclessiology, we should not deceive ourselves, that declaration was a "big step" from ROCOR toward the Ecumenism. They left the communion with GOC to be in communion with a "Synod of Resistance" which as much their origin as their innovative eclessiology nothing has to do with the true GOC of Greece. But certain sectors from ROCOR (the same ones that are taking it now to the false union with the MP) didn't want to hear bishops who knew the situation in Greece and they opposed to be in communion with "Synod of Resistence", as Bishop Gregory (Grabbe); well, Met Vitaly (and other bishops of the "old Guard") neither was agree with being in communion with Kyprianos.