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The Orthodox Christian News Service

 Published by Serbian Orthodox Church, May 26, 2004

PATRIARCH OF GEORGIA ELIJAH II VISITS GREECE

On Friday, May 21, 2004, His Holiness and Beatitude Patriarch Elijah II of Georgia visited His Beatitude Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens and All-Greece. The Georgian Patriarch was also received by the members of the Holy Synod of the Greek Church. In his welcoming homily His Beatitude Archbishop Christodoulos described the role of Orthodoxy in the experience and actions of the modern world. Today’s world measures all values through money and the material, while Orthodoxy through its spirituality must help modern people to conquer Mammon.

In his response homily, the Georgian Patriarch said that at the present time in the Georgian Church and people there are many serious problems. We always believe that these serious problems come as a result on technological progress when in fact they come through a lack of spirituality. Some believe that Orthodoxy is isolation; however, despite everything, it remains open to the whole world. His Holiness and Beatitude Patriarch Elijah emphasized that the Greek Church and Government should serve as an example for the entire Orthodox world.

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