The Suppoters of Synodal Ecclesiology from 2018 in the World of Greek Orthodoxy

Abstract

The article analyzes the views of Greek-speaking theologians who, starting in 2018, that is, after the granting of autocephaly to Ukrainian schismatics by the Patriarchate of Constantinople, began to support the conciliar position of the Russian Orthodox Church. At the beginning, the views of the hierarchs of the Greek Orthodox Church, as well as prominent representatives of the Cypriot and Albanian Local Churches, namely Met. Nicephorus and Archbishop. Anastasia accordingly. Key publications and statements of clergy and laity of the Greek Orthodox Church, both less and more radical, are examined separately. It should be noted that at present the discussion has weakened due to very strong pressure from the official state and church authorities, although the rejection of unauthorized measures remains quite large among those who labor on Mount Athos, and among the clergy and parishioners of the temples of Greece and Cyprus. A significant part of the representatives of the official hierarchy did not take these calls into account, which does not mean a defeat of the truth, which remains so under any circumstances.