Attack on all fronts choose the Church of Greece, after… at today’s meeting of the Holy Synod it was decided by the extraordinary meeting of the Hierarchy. The Hierarchy is expected to consider the issue of ΠανοÏθόδοξης Session after the confrontation between Athens and Kefalonia and the absence of the Archbishop Christodoulos of Geneva, and the issue of Religion, since you seem to the recommendations of BILLION recently to the ministry of Education ended up in the bin and required a more drastic treatment! Also, the Hierarchy will elect a new Metropolitan of Karpenisi. The remainder of the current BN has dealt with the refugee.
In detail:
Met today, Friday 5 February 2016, in the third Session for the month of February, the Constant Sacred Date of the Church of Greece, under the Presidency of his Beatitude Archbishop of Athens and all Greece mr. Christodoulos.
During yesterday’s and today’s Session:
The Standing Holy Synod ratified the Minutes of the previous Sessions.
Then he decided as the future to convene the Extraordinary Hierarchy of the Church of Greece has been notified by the Bse. Metropolitan of Ileia mr. Germanos for the Synaxis of the Primates of the Orthodox Church in Geneva, and for the Holy and Great Synod, and from the Bse. Metropolitan of Nafpaktos and Agios Vlasios mr. ΙεÏόθεο for the course of Religion. Also, will proceed to the filling of the Holy Metropolis of Karpenisi and any κενωθησομÎνων Sacred Cities, the adoption of Regulations and will deal with current service issues.
The Σεβασμιώτατοι Metropolitans of Nafpaktos and Agios Vlasios mr. Hierotheus, Kastoria, mr. Seraphim, and of Serres and Nigrita mr Theologos informed the D.I. P. for their meeting with the Minister of Education and Religious affairs, mr Nicholas Friend, in which επÎδωκαν a letter containing the decision of the Holy Synod on the teaching of the course of Religion.
Then viewed the security from the Bse. Metropolitan of Nea Ionia and Philadelphia mr. Gabriel’s Report on the activities of the High-Level Meeting of the United Nations convention on the refugee problem in Europe, which is co-organized with the World Council of Churches, after invitation of all involved international organizations, which have as their object the response to major humanitarian crises. At the conference, which had as a central theme of finding solutions to the major humanitarian problem of the large refugee wave that is affecting Europe, and was held in Geneva on 18 and 19 January 2016, by: office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the UNICEF and the Global Fund Human Resources (UNFPA), together with representatives of the German, Swedish, British, French, Hungarian, Italian and Greek Government. In this meeting his Eminence mr. Gabriel represented the Church of Greece.
Central figure of the conference was the German Minister of the Interior and of Defence, mr. Thomas De la Maizière, who developed in his speech, the way in which Europe faces in the whole of the refugee and immigration flow. The President of the Supreme ΑÏμοστίας Refugees Ms. Janice Marshal referred to the huge humanitarian crisis that is observed at the entrances of the refugees and making a detailed report for our country stressed the excellent relationship with the Greek Church and the various Agencies of This (Ecumenical Refugee Program, MISSION, local Dioceses of the areas and other services).
In his Report, his Eminence, by making reference to the presentation by the International Organisation for Migration notes that: “The δυστυχÎστεÏο of all, of course, happens to be the tragic finding of the in-depth data presented with regard to the old continent. In the year 2050, they predict a reduction of the total european population by 120% from the moment of the 450.000.000 citizens of the European Continent today, we will be left with just 310.000.000, which creates new challenges and realities. I was particularly struck by the cynicism with which you were presented the above information. Tied with the pension plan in each country, with the result that demonstrated the inability of the funds to support many elderly people. The finding of them was that we need more than ever in the Europe of the refugee stream, and as has been said, even if it wasn’t for the syrian exit should have created a similar. Understands, well, none of the cynicism, as I have said, but the big change that is about to experience Europe because of the falling birth rate and the high living standards that clearly prevents the ‘hassle’ of young families. It is difficult for a modern family to choose the acquisition of more than one child, which is completely opposite of what is observed in the respective islamic families. The Agency for Immigration has asked the representatives of the religions to help in the process of integration”.
Also the D.I. P. it dealt with current business.
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