***They inquired about how we finance and run the parishes here as they seem overwhelmingly convinced that the Church of Greece will, and ought to, be disestablished sooner rather than later.***
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Is the Church in Greece facing the same radical secularizing pressure that the RCC in Spain is facing?
"Is the Church in Greece facing the same radical secularizing pressure that the RCC in Spain is facing?"
Quite the opposite. It seems to be the sentiment of the people and at least the married clergy and monastics with whom we spoke, that the Church hierarchy has become so rich, powerful and corrupt that it is corrupting the State, and there seems to be ample evidence to back that up. In other words, the Church is endangering the State and not the other way around. Given what I heard over there, I think this may in fact be the case.