Timeline of Eastern Orthodoxy in Greece (from 2008)

This is a timeline of the presence of Eastern Orthodoxy in Greece from 2008. The history of Greece traditionally encompasses the study of the Greek people, the areas they ruled historically, as well as the territory now composing the modern state of Greece.

Third Hellenic Republic (from 2008)

2008 Abp. Ieronymos II (Liapis) of Athens elected;Anthee Carassava. New Leader Named for Greek Orthodox Church. The New York Times. 8 February 2008. Retrieved: 17 May 2013. Glorification of George (Karslidis) of Drama;Herman A. Middleton. Precious Vessels of the Holy Spirit: The Lives & Counsels of Contemporary Elders of Greece. 2nd Ed. Protecting Veil Press, 2004. pp.178–191. Pan-Orthodox meeting in Constantinople in October of the Primates of the fourteen Eastern Orthodox Churches, signing a document calling for inter-orthodox unity and collaboration and "the continuation of preparations for the Holy and Great Council";Message of the Primates of the Orthodox Churches (12/10/2008) . Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. 12/10/2008. Retrieved: 17 May 2013. the 13-member standing committee of the Church of Greece denounced government plans to introduce a civil partnerships law, saying government support for common law marriage would amount to state-sanctioned "prostitution;"Greek Orthodox leaders attack civil unions proposal. Catholic News Agency (CNA). 19 March 2008. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Addresses European Parliament;Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Addresses European Parliament. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. 24 September 2008. the relics of Saint Peter of Argos are returned to Argos, Greece, from a monastery chapel in Rome belonging to a Spanish order of monks;Bones of Greek town's patron saint found in Rome: bishop. Agence France Presse – English. 15 January 2008. the Arab-Hellenic Center for Culture and Civilization was established in Athens, financed with a donation of around US$3.4 million by 'Europe Trust', a UK-based fund closely related with the Muslim Brotherhood's umbrella organization 'Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe'.Ioannis Michaletos. Islamist organizations in Greece . Radical Islam Monitor in Southeast Europe. 22 May 2013. 2008–2014 According to a Bank of Greece report, Φυγη Ανθρωπινου Κεφαλαιου: Η Συγψρονη Ταση Μεταναστευσησ Των Ελληνων Στα Χρονια Τησ Κρισησ . In: Τραπεζα Τησ Ελλαδοσ. Εκθεση Του ∆ιοικητη Για Το Ετοσ 2015. 25 Φεβρουαριοσ 2016. pp. 74–79. ISSN 1105-0497 over 427,000 people (ages 15 to 64) left Greece since 2008, marking the third wave of mass emigration in the 20th and 21st centuries.Nearly half a million Greeks have left, Bank of Greece report finds. Ekathimerini.com. 02.07.2016.Gremigration: 1.7 Mil. Left Greece in 20th/21st Centuries, Nearly 500K Since Crisis Onset. The National Herald. 5 July 2016. 2009 In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, the Greek government-debt crisis began in late 2009, also known as the Greek Depression,Graeme Wearden. Greece debt crisis: timeline. The Guardian. 5 May 2010. Retrieved: 26 January 2018. with a series of sudden reforms and austerity measures leading to impoverishment and loss of income and property of the Greek populace, as well as a small-scale humanitarian crisis; Δινυσησ Μαρινοσ. BBC: Η Ελλάδα βιώνει ανθρωπιστική κρίση -Εννέα αποκαλυπτικά γραφήματα [εικόνες]. . iefimerida.gr. 20|07|2015. Retrieved: 26 January 2018. Βασιλησ ΚωτουΥλασ. Η Ελλάδα και η ανθρωπιστική κρίση . H Ναυτεμπορικη. 26 March 2015. Retrieved: 26 January 2018. led by three senior Archbishops, a group of Orthodox clergy in Greece published the manifesto, A Confession of Faith Against Ecumenism, pledging to resist all ecumenical ties with Roman Catholics and Protestants, amongst its signatories including six metropolitans, 49 archimandrites, 22 hieromonks, 30 nuns and abbesses, and many other priests and church elders;The Holy Monastery of Pantocrator of Melissochori (www.impantokratoros.gr). A Confession of Faith Against Ecumenism . Greece, April 2009. Orthodox-Roman Catholic Joint Commission meets in Paphos, Cyprus, 11th plenary, studying the theme "The Role of the Bishop of Rome in the Communion of the Church in the First Millennium;"Communique of Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue Between the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church of the 11th Plenary Session . The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Paphos, Cyprus, 22 October 2009. Retrieved: 24 July 2013. US President Barack Obama made an explicit appeal in his speech to the Turkish Parliament for the reopening of the hotly contested Greek Orthodox Theological Seminary on Halki;The White House (Office of the Press Secretary). Remarks by President Obmama to the Turkish Parliament. Turkish Grand National Assembly Complex, Ankara, Turkey. 6 April 2009. Retrieved: 9 February 2013. Russian Orthodox Patr. Kirill of Moscow called on Turkish authorities to re-open the Theological Seminary on Halki;Russian patriarch backs Halki Seminary re-opening . SETimes.com. 7 July 2009. repose of Elder Joseph of Vatopedi a noted twentieth century monastic regarded as one of the few remaining true Athonite elders;The Funeral of Blessed Elder Joseph of Vatopedi: Smile from Eternity . Impankratoros.gr (Holy Monastery of Pantokratoros, Melisohori). 7/1/09. Retrieved: 9 February 2013. the first complete German-language translation of the Septuagint was published by the German Bible Society under the title "Septuaginta Deutsch", founded on the Göttingen Septuagint edition, and the Rahlfs edition for the books not yet contained in that version;Septuaginta Deutsch: The German Translation of the Septuagint . German Bible Society. Retrieved: 25 May 2018. the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Turkey violated the property rights of the Bozcaada Kimisis Teodoku Greek Orthodox Church on the Aegean island of Bozcaada;"Bozcaada Kimisis Teodoku Rum Ortodoks Kilisesi Vakfi v. Turkey (no. 2) ". Netherlands Institute of Human Rights, Utrecht School of Law (European Court of Human Rights). 3 March 2009. Retrieved: 9 February 2013. Patr. Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas of the Oriental Church of Antioch went on an official visit to Greece, to renew the relationship between both churches;Apostolic Visit to Greece – 2009 . Malankara Jacobite Syrian Christian Network. Retrieved: 9 February 2013. Greek Orthodox Church urges Christians across Europe to unite in an appeal against a ban on crucifixes in classrooms in Italy;Malcolm Brabant. Greek Church acts on crucifix ban. BBC News, Athens. 12 November 2009. Viktor Yanukovych makes pilgrimage to Mount Athos; Янукович совершил паломничество на Афон . Interfax-Religion. 08 июня 2010 года. Retrieved: 9 February 2013. over 1,000 Muslims rallied in Athens over unsubstantiated claims that Greek police allegedly tore up and trampled on the Quran.Derek Gatopoulos. Fourteen hurt as migrants riot in Greece . Sydney Morning Herald. 23 May 2009.Orthodox News. . Yahoo! News. 4 September 2009. 2010 The Metropolis of Attica was split into 2 new Metropolises: the Metropolis of Kifissia, Amaroussion and Oropos, and the Metropolis of Ilion, Acharnes and Petroupolis;Government Gazette (Gazette 21, 16 February 2010, vol) Law 3822/2010. on Sunday, 15 August, 2010 Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I conducted the first Divine Liturgy in 88 years at the historic monastery of Panagia Soumela in Trapezounta, northeastern Turkey, marking the first official religious service carried out at the ancient monastery since the foundation of the modern Turkish Republic; death of Metr. Augoustinos Kantiotes of Florina, a prolific spiritual writer and defender of traditional Orthodox theology. Zougla.gr News. Εκοιμήθη ο Αυγουστίνος Καντιώτης . 28 Αυγούστου 2010. death of painter, illustrator, engraver and writer Rallis Kopsidis (1929–2010), a student of Photis Kontoglou who was inspired by the Macedonian (11th–14th c.) and Cretan (14th–17th c.) Schools, who took part in painting the frescoes of the Byzantine Church of Chevetogne Abbey in Belgium (1955–57) as well as the church of the Orthodox Centre of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Chambesy, Geneva, considered one of the pioneers of his generation even though his work is not particularly well known; Αφιερωματική έκθεση στο Ράλλη Κοψίδη . Ecclesia.gr. 27/6/2015. Retrieved: 14 July 2014. Κοψίδης Ράλλης: 1929 Κάστρο Λήμνου – 2010 Γλυφάδα . Εθνικη Πινακοθηκη – Μουσειο Αλεξανδρου Σουτζου – Ιδρυμα Ευριπιδη Κουτλιδη (National Gallery). Retrieved: 14 July 2015. Croatian Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zadar gives cherished relic of St. Simeon to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem.