Back Kerk van Griekeland Afrikaans الكنيسة اليونانية الأرثوذكسية Arabic الكنيسه اليونانيه الارثوذكسيه ARZ Ilesia ortodoxa de Grecia AST Yunanıstan Kilsəsi Azerbaijani Царква Грэцыі Byelorussian Грэцкая праваслаўная царква BE-X-OLD Църква на Гърция Bulgarian Església de Grècia Catalan Církev Řecka Czech

Church of Greece

"Orthodox Church of Greece" redirects here. For the Old Calendarist church by that name, see Orthodox Church of Greece (Holy Synod in Resistance). For the larger body of Eastern Orthodox Christians referred to by a similar name, see Greek Orthodox Church.
Greek Cross
Church of Greece
Ancient Greek: Ἐκκλησία τῆς Ἑλλάδος
Modern Greek: Εκκλησία της Ελλάδος
Seal of the Church of Greece
ClassificationEastern Orthodox
OrientationGreek Orthodoxy
ScriptureSeptuagint, New Testament
TheologyEastern Orthodox theology, Palamism
PolityEpiscopal
PrimateIeronymos II of Athens
Bishops101
Priests8,515
Monastics3,541
Monasteries541
LanguageGreek (Katharevousa)
LiturgyByzantine Rite
HeadquartersMetropolitan Cathedral of Athens and Petraki Monastery, Athens
TerritoryAnatolia, the Caucasus, Crete, Cyprus, the Dodecanese, Greek mainland and the Aegean Islands, Middle East, Mount Athos, Southern Crimea, Thrace, and Greek Orthodox churches in the Diaspora[1][2]
FounderDionysius the Areopagite (tradition)
Origin
Achaea, Roman Empire
Independence1833
RecognitionAutocephaly recognized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in 1850 (Tomos dated June 29, 1850)
SeparationsGreek Old Calendarists
(Orthodox Church of Greece) (1979)
Members~10,003,402 (in Greece)[1]
~5,250,000 (in Diaspora)[2]
=approximately 15,253,402 (total)
Official websiteecclesia.gr
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Mosaic of Christ Pantocrator, Hagia Sophia
Overview
Background
Organization
Autocephalous jurisdictions
Autocephalous Churches who are officially part of the communion:

Autocephaly recognized by some autocephalous Churches de jure:

Autocephaly and canonicity recognized by Constantinople and 3 other autocephalous Churches:

Spiritual independence recognized by Georgian Orthodox Church:


Autonomous jurisdictions

Semi-Autonomous:

Episcopal assemblies
Noncanonical jurisdictions
Ecumenical councils
  • Other possible ecumenical councils:
  • Other important councils:
History
Theology
Liturgy and worship
Liturgical calendar
  • The four fasting periods:
Major figures
Saints (Russian (until 15th century), Russian (post-15th century), Serbian, American)
Other topics

The Church of Greece (Greek: Ἐκκλησία τῆς Ἑλλάδος, romanized: Ekklēsía tē̂s Helládos, IPA: [ekliˈsi.a tis eˈlaðos]), part of the wider Greek Orthodox Church, is one of the autocephalous churches which make up the communion of Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Its canonical territory is confined to the borders of Greece prior to the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913 ("Old Greece"), with the rest of Greece (the "New Lands", Crete, and the Dodecanese) being subject to the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. However, most of the dioceses of the Metropolises of the New Lands are de facto administered as part of the Church of Greece for practical reasons, under an agreement between the churches of Athens and Constantinople. The primate of the Church of Greece is the archbishop of Athens and All Greece.

  1. ^ a b "Church of Greece". oikoumene.org. Le Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland: World Council of Churches. January 1948. Archived from the original on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Ecumenical Patriarchate". oikoumene.org. Le Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland: World Council of Churches. January 1948. Archived from the original on 12 December 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2025.

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