Greece, February 5, 2024
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Adding their voices to the protests coming from the Greek hierarchs unanimously condemn gay marriage and adoptionThe hierarchs of the Orthodox Church of Greece met in an extraordinary session today, with the sole item on the agenda being the state’s intention to legalize gay marriage and adoption by gay couples.
“>Hierarchy of the Greek Church, the Synod of Crete speaks out against gay marriage and adoptionThe statement emphasizes that the Church preaches the timeless Divine truth that marriage is between a man and a woman, and warns that gay marriage is detrimental for the children of such “marriages.””>Eparchial Synod of Crete, the Sacred Community of Mt. Athos: We are opposed to any form of marriage that contradicts the GospelAmidst the controversy surrounding the Greek government’s proposal to legalize gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, the Holy Mountain has raised its voice.”>Mt. Athos, and other hierarchs and Albanian Church: Legislation can’t make the unnatural natural“What is against nature cannot be made natural by legal provisions,” the Albanian Church states.”>Synods, more than 100 Orthodox Christian associations from all over Greece have come out against the government’s intentions to legalize gay marriage and gay adoption.
As of Saturday, 140 associations had united “against any attempt to legally equate same-sex relationships with heterosexuals and marriage under any pretext … call[ing] on everyone to react by any legal means for it to be canceled,” reports Vima Orthodoxias.
The signatory associations include Orthodox missionary brotherhoods, parenting associations, student unions, scientific associations, and many more.
The consciousness and tradition of the Greek people are clearly against gay marriages, reads the statement signed by the nearly twelve dozen groups. “In the consciousness of our people, there is the living Law of the Gospel, the will of God, the Tradition of our Church, which represent all Orthodox Christians, for whom such a union is blasphemous and destructive.”
Further:
In a heterosexual marriage and family, parents are called to sacrifice their rights for the sake of their children. In a same-sex “marriage,” the whole of society, and especially its most vulnerable members, the children, are called to be sacrificed to satisfy the contrived and unsubstantial rights of the homosexual “union.”
The Center for Patristic Studies in Marousi, Greece, is also organizing a rally against the bill in Athens on February 11. The government’s goal is for the bill to become law on February 15. Patristi
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