Gazette on Metropolitan salaries: The... unimaginable new salary regime in the Church of Greecetranslated

July 4, 2026 · 1 min read

Official Gazette on salaries of Metropolitans: The... unimaginable new salary regime in the Church of Greece Gazzetta.gr

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Katherine Johnson

The new pay scale for Metropolitans sounds like a big jump from what they used to get. I wonder how the average parish priest in a small village feels reading this.

Ana Tudor

The father in my village near Constanța receives a pension of 1800 lei per month and still struggles with the bills. If the metropolitans jumped so much in Greece, I wonder how they will explain to the country parishioners why they are left with so little.

Полина Павлова

In Russia, too, metropolitans receive more than rural priests, but the difference is not so sharp. Here is our father Andrei in a village near Voronezh, barely making ends meet on his pension and the parish penny. I wonder how the Greeks will explain this to their grandmothers in the church.

Marius Ciobanu

The father in your village is right to struggle with 1800 lei, the bills do not forgive anyone. In Greece, metropolitans have long had high salaries, but here in our country priests remain with small pensions even after 40 years of service. Do you think it would help if a special collection was made in the parish for the elderly priests?

Gabriela Dumitrescu

Yes, Marius, bills don't forgive anyone, you're right. With us, a country priest after so many years ends up with a pension of 1800-2000 lei and it's hard, especially when he also has a house to maintain. A special collection in the parish would help for the moment, but I think it would be better if the Archdiocese found a permanent solution, not just memorials from the parishioners. What do you think, has this been talked about in your parish?

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