The Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church announced today that it is "completely against" the Government's plan to legalize same-sex marriages, on which the law should be submitted to the Assembly next month.
"The state prescribes, but that does not deprive the Church of its freedom of expression, nor does it exempt it from the duty to inform the people (...) If it remains silent, it bears a heavy responsibility", assessed the Holy Synod at the end of the extraordinary session, which lasted more than five hours.
The Metropolitans of the Greek Orthodox Church, which is not separated from the state by the Constitution, decided to send letters in which they express their position to all members of the Assembly (of which there are 300), to address the faithful in all churches in Greece on February 4 and to inform them of their opposition with leaflets the bill that must be adopted in the next few days in the Council of Ministers.
According to them, the bill will promote the "abolition of fatherhood and motherhood" and the "disappearance of gender roles in the family".
"This legislative initiative condemns future children to grow up without a father and a mother, in an environment of confusion of parental roles", according to the metropolitans.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis recently announced that the bill should be considered in the Assembly by mid-February, despite the opposition of the Church, which has a great influence on society and is part of the conservative camp from which he himself belongs.
"We will listen to the opinion of the Church, but the state passes laws, it does not pass laws in cooperation with the Church," Mitsotakis insisted, presenting his project.
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