ORTHODOX HOUSE
⛪ All churches
Sign in
☾
☦ Today Friday, October 2 / September 19 (old style) ✦ Fast day Gregorian calendar ⇄
Hieromartyr Cyprian, Martyrs Justina and Theoctistus · Bl. Andrew, Fool-for-Christ
← News feed Church of Greece

Piraeus Seraphim: "Are Auxiliary Bishops irregular?"translated

October 2, 2026 · 1 min read

Another Hierarch of the Church of Greece publicly takes a position on the issue of the election of Assistant Bishops, a few days before the regular convocation of the Hierarchy of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece.  Specifically, in an official announcement of the Holy Metropolis of Piraeus under the title: 'Are the Auxiliary Bishops irregular?

It states in detail:

The king of virtues according to the God-bearing Father and according to the heavenly Apostle Paul is the "discernment of spirits", (1 Cor. 12, 10) gift and gift of the Holy Spirit to them unreservedly and truly "in the spirit of the Holy and Truth-Christ". (Jn. 4, 24) fighting the good fight and humbly seeking the grace and sanctification of the Holy God, rejecting the demonic audacity of ignorance that distorts and misinterprets things.

Those who invoke the existing canonical framework for the supposed irregularity of the Assistant Bishops, refer to unrelated Holy Canons, such as Canon VI of the Holy Fourth Ecumenical Synod, which applies exclusively and only to Elders and Deacons and not to Bishops as well as the eighth...

Source: Orthodoxia News Agency  ·  Read the full story →
⚑ Report
💬 Comments
Sign in to join the conversation →
More stories
The priest talked with students of Oshmyany College about sobriety and purity of speech
Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) · October 2, 2026
Patron Saint of the Eparchy of Bačka solemnly celebrated in Stapar
Serbian Orthodox Church · October 2, 2026
Archimandrite Dionysius will not be able to perform divine services and church services
Bulgarian Orthodox Church · October 2, 2026
Feast of Saint Cyprian the Hieromartyr and Justin the Martyr
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople · October 2, 2026
🔑Sign in 📖Prayer Book 🕊Live Prayer 📨Submit news 👥Friends 💬Groups ⛪My parish 🕯Virtual church 🙏Prayers by agreement 🗓Calendar ☦Lives of the Saints ✏️Catechesis 📚Library 🌍Orthodox World Review ⚖Canons 📜Holy Scripture 🧭Map of Orthodoxy ✅Test yourself 🔔Notifications ➕My subscriptions 🛍Store 💬Support