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To: Kolokotronis
Thank you Kolo. I will study the PatrioarchalSynodal act link you provided. Of course, if the Patriarchate ceded "provisionally" those areas Greece gained after the Balkan Wars, then this would account for the "most Greeks" being under the jurisdiction of the Church of Greece.

As I said, I was under the impression that only those areas of Greece that were part of the Greek State of 1830 were included in the jursidction of the Church of Greece (established in 1833, and recognized by the Patriarchate in 1850).

This also made sense when it came to the makeup of the Greek Synod, namely that 50% of the bishops are from the Patriarchate.

48 posted on 01/29/2008 7:45:55 AM PST by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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To: kosta50

“This also made sense when it came to the makeup of the Greek Synod, namely that 50% of the bishops are from the Patriarchate.”

I think you will find that its 50% (+/-) of the Metropolitans (who alone make up the Standing Holy Synod of the Church of Greece)who are from the New Territories. 50% of the Metropolitans are not from the New Territories. There are 13 Metropolitans on the Synod but over 70 active Metropolitans and a number of titular Metropolitans and various assistant and titular bishops. The Bishop of my maternal village, +Jeremias of Gortys and Megalopolis, for example is not a member of the Standing Synod.

I suspect that even without the 1928, on the ground today most Greeks live within the boundaries of 1830 Greece, if only because of the size of Athens and its suburbs and places like Patras, Corinthos and Kalamata.


49 posted on 01/29/2008 8:09:37 AM PST by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
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