Church of the True Orthodox Christians of Greece (Synod in Resistance)
The Holy Synod in Resistance ( Greek Ιερά Σύνοδος των Ενισταμένων , English Holy Synod in Resistance , also Kyprianiten , Cyprianites ) was an old calendar church in Greece and other countries from 1979 to 2014.
Structures
The Church had eparchies in Greece, the USA , Australia , Italy , France and South Ossetia , as well as missions in 13 other countries in Europe, Africa and Asia. It included 30 monasteries and the Center for Traditionalist Orthodox Studies in Etna, California.
The church was in communion with the Orthodox Old Calendar Church of Romania , the Bulgarian Orthodox Old Calendar Church and the Russian Orthodox Church abroad under Metropolitan Agathangelos .
It was not recognized as canonical by the other Orthodox churches .
Teaching and Practice
The Church followed Orthodox theology , using the Byzantine rite in liturgy and spiritual life, and using the Julian calendar . It differed from other old calendar churches in that it recognized the sacraments and ordinations of the new calendar churches of Greece and also accepted new calendar priests.
history
In 1979 the Metropolitan Callistus of Corinth and Antony of Megara were removed from their offices by the Church of the True Orthodox Christians of Greece (Chrysostomos Synod) because they had admitted priests consecrated to their dioceses in the new calendar. They then founded their own church and consecrated eight new bishops. In 1980 a church fellowship was concluded with the Orthodox Old Calendar Church of Romania.
Eight bishops left the church in 1983 and since then Bishop Kyprianos of Fili and Bishop John of Sicily have led the church.
In 1993 the Bulgarian Orthodox Old Calendar Church emerged from the Sofia Eparchy of the Holy Synod in Resistance. In 1994 a church fellowship was formed with the Russian Orthodox Church abroad. In 2006 this was dissolved again because the Russian Church wanted to join the Russian Orthodox Church. In 2007 a church fellowship was concluded with the Russian Orthodox Church abroad under Metropolitan Agathangelos .
In 2008, talks began about a reunification with the Church of the True Christians of Greece (Chrysostom Synod), which was closed in 2014.
From the Holy Synod in the Resistance , the Metropolis Oropos and Phyle was formed with other dioceses in Stockholm and Tbilisi .
literature
- Vladimir Moss: A Short History of the True Orthodox Church of Greece (1970-2000) . The Guildfordian , 2001. ( online )
Web links
- Metropolis of Oropos and Phyle website
Remarks
- Jumped from Russian Orthodox Church abroad in 2003, cf. Lucian N. Leustean: Eastern Christianity and Politics in the Twenty-First Century . 2014. p. 391
- ↑ Official Statement (English)