Archbishop Ieronymos has reiterated the Church’s demand for compulsory religion lessons in schools in a letter to Education and Religion Minister Aris Spiliotopoulos, ministry sources said yesterday.

The main focus of the archbishop’s letter is reportedly a request for the hiring of some 4,000 unemployed theology school graduates. Ieronymos is ( Read more... )

The Holy Synod of the Church of Greece condemned a government initiative that gives schoolchildren the right not to attend religious education classes without their parents having to provide a reason, saying that it is a violation of the Constitution.
Meanwhile, a new circular distributed by the Education and Religion Ministry notes that ( Read more... )