Greek Orthodox Church — Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY

GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH

“Anti-Heretic Year”: g59 6/8 24-26

attitude toward Bible in modern Greek: g81 6/22 31

beliefs: g66 9/22 27; bf 479; g52 11/8 15

church bells mourn Witness assembly: g76 8/22 31

clergy: g77 9/8 30; g74 10/22 13-14, 30; g70 4/22 5; g70 6/22 30; w67 18; yb67 28; g67 8/8 21-22; w66 560, 611-612; g66 1/8 30; g66 10/8 31; g66 10/22 26; g65 4/8 29; bf 481-482, 484-489; g62 4/8 30

archbishop in Cyprus calls for army: g78 5/8 29-30

decree excommunication for “rendering services” to Witnesses: g77 4/8 29

often a den of scandal, a source of nonsense, a swarm of agitators, radicals and exploiters (quote): w80 10/15 22; g80 2/22 18

priest arrested for firing shotgun to disrupt Witnesses: g77 4/22 29

proclaim 1977 ‘a year of struggle against religious fanaticism’: g77 4/8 29

collections: g69 2/8 30-31

divisions: bf 486

experiences: mg63 103; yb61 265

funerals: g68 5/22 19

government’s objective to separate Church and State: g82 7/8 29; g82 7/22 30

holiday of “Saints” Helen and Constantine: w79 1/15 27

influence on Russian Orthodox Church: g64 3/8 6-7

meeting of bishops regarding law to legalize civil marriage: g82 4/22 29

Metropolitan Church of Athens bombed: g82 11/8 31

monks:

find of textual fragments on Mount Sinai: g78 11/8 29-30

recruiting new ones: g78 1/22 30

observations of a youth who studied to become a priest: g84 2/22 12-13

opposition to Witnesses: yb86 6; g56 9/8 17-19; g53 11/22 27; g48 4/8 3-11

Athens assembly: w64 11-12; yb64 12, 51-52; mg63 78, 188; g63 10/8 24-29; g63 10/22 25

Crete assembly: g76 11/22 23-24

political activity: g64 4/22 18

Pope Paul VI kisses foot of Metropolitan Meliton: g76 2/22 31

proselytism: g63 5/22 14

raped woman rejected by convent as nun: g77 11/8 31

scandals: g51 8/8 17-20

Second Vatican Ecumenical Council: bf 492-493

split from Latin church: w66 280-281; g65 4/22 4; bf 484-485

stealing of church icons: g77 2/8 29

trouble over “Saint” Gerasimos: g80 3/22 31