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 [[Image:Christodoulos-01.jpg|thumb|225px|[[Christodoulos|Archbishop Christodoulos]]]]
-His Beatitude '''Christodoulos''' (born Christos Paraskevaides, Greek: Χρήστος Παρασκευαΐδης), '''Archbishop of Athens and all of Greece''', was born at [[Xanthi]] on [[January 16]], [[1939]]. He was one of two sons of a food importer. Despite an apparent fascination with the church as a child first in Xanthi and then in the crowded Athens neighborhood of Kypseli, Christodoulos actually studied law. In [[1962]] he graduated from the School of Law and in [[1967]] from the School of Theology. In [[1961]], he was ordained deacon and, in [[1965]] priest. He served as a preacher and senior spiritual father at the church of Assumption of the Virgin Mary at [[Palaio Phalero]] for nine years, and, for seven years he served as a Secretary of the Holy Synod (1967-1974). He took part in many religious missions abroad. He was a Doctor of Theology, he had a degree in French and English, and he also spoke Italian and German. He was the author of many scientific and constructive books. He had been writing articles in religious press and in dailies. He was elected Metropolitan of Demetrias in [[1974]], with his base in [[Volos]], [[Central Greece|central Greece]], and [[Archbishop of Athens]] and all Greece in [[1998]]. Since his elevation, he had attracted a significant amount of controversy, culminating in a major corruption scandal in [[2005]].
+His Beatitude '''Christodoulos''' (born Christos Paraskevaides, [[Greek language|Greek]]: Χρήστος Παρασκευαΐδης), was a cleric who rose to Archbishop of Athens and all of Greece.
 He was diagnosed with cancer in June [[2007]]. Christodoulos died at 5:15 AM, the morning of [[January 28]], [[2008]]
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 == Election ==
-Christodoulos, at 59 years of age, had been the youngest archbishop to head the Greek Church. He was the first cleric to be democratically elected to the post by the Holy Synod. His chief rivals in ballot were Bishop of [[Alexandroupolis]] Anthimos and Bishop of [[Thebes]] Ieronymos. He announced his intention to be a reformer and promised to modernise the Church as well as improving relations with other Orthodox groupings. He criticised the growth of racism and discrimination against religious minorities in Greece, but was in turn criticised for his strongly nationalist stance on Greek [[Roman Catholicism in Greece|Catholics]], [[Jews in Greece|Jews]], [[Islam in Greece|Muslims]] and other religious minorities [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/despatches/90193.stm].
+Christodoulos, at 59 years of age, had been the youngest [[archbishop]] to head the Greek Church. He was the first cleric to be democratically elected to the post by the Holy Synod. His chief rivals in ballot were [[Bishop]] of [[Alexandroupolis]] Anthimos and [[Bishop]] of [[Thebes]] [[Hieronymus II|Ieronymos]]. He announced his intention to be a reformer and promised to modernise the Church as well as improving relations with other Orthodox groupings. He criticised the growth of racism and discrimination against religious minorities in [[Greece]], but was in turn criticised for his strongly nationalist stance on Greek [[Roman Catholicism in Greece|Catholics]], [[Jews in Greece|Jews]], [[Islam in Greece|Muslims]] and other religious minorities [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/despatches/90193.stm].
 == Involvement in issues ==
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 It emerged the same year that despite Christodoulos' claims that he had no knowledge of or involvement with the [[Greek military junta of 1967-1974]], he had been recorded on film and photographed swearing in the new regime while acting in the role of Secretary of the ''Iera Sinodos'' (Ιερά Σύνοδος), the Council of the Greek Orthodox Church. [http://www.iospress.gr/extra/fotochrist.htm]
-Despite earlier criticism of the Roman Catholic Church, Christodoulos consented in [[2001]] to the Greek government's decision to allow Pope John Paul II to visit Greece. He commented that he would not "close the door" on the Pope, because he was coming to the country as a pilgrim. The two men met for discussions during the Papal visit in May 2001, though they did not pray together. Christodoulos' decision led to major controversy in Greece, where many Orthodox Christians regard the Pope (and the Catholic Church as a whole) as a schismatic heretic. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/1300926.stm] He also consented in [[2002]] to the construction of a mosque in Athens, to end the anomalous situation of the Greek capital being the only EU capital without a Muslim place of worship. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2371541.stm]
+Despite earlier criticism of the Roman Catholic Church, Christodoulos consented in [[2001]] to the Greek government's decision to allow Pope John Paul II to visit Greece. He commented that he would not "close the door" on the Pope, because he was coming to the country as a pilgrim. The two men met for discussions during the Papal visit in May [[2001]], though they did not pray together. Christodoulos' decision led to major controversy in [[Greece]], where many Orthodox Christians regard the Pope (and the Catholic Church as a whole) as a schismatic heretic. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/1300926.stm] He also consented in [[2002]] to the construction of a mosque in Athens, to end the anomalous situation of the Greek capital being the only EU capital without a Muslim place of worship. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2371541.stm]
 == Criticism and controversy ==
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 In 2006, he decried the establishment of the monotonic orthography, as a "globalisation plot" to impose "cultural uniformity" and "support the sale of multi-national Olivetti's typewriters". He has also sarcastically referred to the lawmakers' "kindness of relieving our race from the darkness of [[Aristophanes]]" [http://www.in.gr/news/article.asp?lngEntityID=708357], with regards to the same matter, despite the fact Aristophanes never wrote in the polytonic system, which was a later invention.
-The archbishop has also been instensely critical of globalization, to which he has referred, on repeated occasions, in disparaging terms as a global, or alternatively, "foreigner" plot to deprive people of their national identities. In 2004 he criticized globalization as a "bulldozer that is out to demolish everything, on account of those who want to rule the world without resistance or obstacles"[http://www.in.gr/news/article.asp?lngEntityID=528449], adding that Greeks live in a paradise compared to other Europeans, because "they have a strong faith, they build churches, follow traditions, and resist globalisation". In [[2006]], he castigated gloabalisation as a "crime against humanity" and "a vehicle to Americanize the life of all humankind"[http://www.in.gr/news/article.asp?lngEntityID=722627&lngDtrID=244].      He has also claimed that "globalization wants to turn us into gruel, soup, sheep, or better yet, turkeys, so that we may be led with a cane"[http://www.enet.gr/online/online_text/c=112,id=25036028]. In [[2002]], he asked students in a Greek school whether they wanted to be "mince meat or meat", explaining that "''foreigners want to turn us into the meat-grinder, while meat is a solid thing''".[http://www.enet.gr/online/online_text/c=112,id=25036028]
+The archbishop has also been intensely critical of globalization, to which he has referred, on repeated occasions, in disparaging terms as a global, or alternatively, "foreigner" plot to deprive people of their national identities. In [[2004]] he criticized globalization as a "bulldozer that is out to demolish everything, on account of those who want to rule the world without resistance or obstacles"[http://www.in.gr/news/article.asp?lngEntityID=528449], adding that Greeks live in a paradise compared to other Europeans, because "they have a strong faith, they build churches, follow traditions, and resist globalisation". In [[2006]], he castigated gloabalisation as a "crime against humanity" and "a vehicle to Americanize the life of all humankind"[http://www.in.gr/news/article.asp?lngEntityID=722627&lngDtrID=244].      He has also claimed that "globalization wants to turn us into gruel, soup, sheep, or better yet, turkeys, so that we may be led with a cane"[http://www.enet.gr/online/online_text/c=112,id=25036028]. In [[2002]], he asked students in a Greek school whether they wanted to be "mince meat or meat", explaining that "''foreigners want to turn us into the meat-grinder, while meat is a solid thing''".[http://www.enet.gr/online/online_text/c=112,id=25036028]
 The archbishop had also been criticised for frequently judging the internal and foreign policies of the elected Greek governments, usually during sermon in liturgy. In [[1999]] he complained during sermon that the Education Ministries were "experimenting on students" with their continuous innovations on the educational system, causing the dissatisfaction of [[Gerasimos Arsenis]], who was pushing substantial changes in secondary education at the time.

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 * Archbishop Christodoulos has been taped on record saying that he did not know anything about the human rights abuses that were taking place during the [[Greek military junta of 1967-1974]], because those seven years he was busy studying to become a priest. The Archbishop was taped on film and photographed at the time, swearing in the new Regime, as, at the time, he was Secretary of the ''Iera Sinodos'' (Ιερά Σύνοδος), the Council of the [[Church of Greece|Greek Orthodox Church]].
-* The Archbishop has also been on tape saying, referring to the Justinian era of Christianism: ''Early Greek Christians blessed and honored the Ancient Greek temples, in which [[pagans]] and [[heathens]] dwelled, by recycling the materials (stones and dirt) from the Ancient Greek Temples to build Christian temples''.
+* The Archbishop has also been on tape saying, referring to the [[Justinian I|Justinian]] era of Christianity: ''Early Greek Christians blessed and honored the Ancient Greek temples, in which pagans and heathens dwelled, by recycling the materials (stones and dirt) from the Ancient Greek Temples to build Christian temples''.
 == Notes & references ==
 *[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/despatches/90193.stm New Greek Orthodox archbishop enthroned]", BBC News, May 9th 1998. Retrieved 6 July 2006.

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 [[Image:Christodoulos-01.jpg|thumb|225px|[[Christodoulos|Archbishop Christodoulos]]]]
-His Beatitude '''Christodoulos''' (born Christos Paraskevaides, Greek: Χρήστος Παρασκευαΐδης), '''Archbishop of Athens and all of Greece''', was born at [[Xanthi]] on [[January 16]], [[1939]]. In [[1962]] he graduated from the School of Law and in [[1967]] from the School of Theology. In [[1961]], he was ordained deacon and, in [[1965]] priest. He served as a preacher and senior spiritual father at the church of Assumption of the Virgin Mary at [[Palaio Phalero]] for nine years, and, for seven years he served as a Secretary of the Holy Synod. He took part in many religious missions abroad. He was a Doctor of Theology, he had a degree in French and English, and he also spoke Italian and German. He was the author of many scientific and constructive books. He had been writing articles in religious press and in dailies. He was elected Metropolitan of Demetrias in [[1974]] and [[Archbishop of Athens]] and all Greece in [[1998]]. Since his elevation, he had attracted a significant amount of controversy, culminating in a major corruption scandal in [[2005]].
+His Beatitude '''Christodoulos''' (born Christos Paraskevaides, Greek: Χρήστος Παρασκευαΐδης), '''Archbishop of Athens and all of Greece''', was born at [[Xanthi]] on [[January 16]], [[1939]]. He was one of two sons of a food importer. Despite an apparent fascination with the church as a child first in Xanthi and then in the crowded Athens neighborhood of Kypseli, Christodoulos actually studied law. In [[1962]] he graduated from the School of Law and in [[1967]] from the School of Theology. In [[1961]], he was ordained deacon and, in [[1965]] priest. He served as a preacher and senior spiritual father at the church of Assumption of the Virgin Mary at [[Palaio Phalero]] for nine years, and, for seven years he served as a Secretary of the Holy Synod (1967-1974). He took part in many religious missions abroad. He was a Doctor of Theology, he had a degree in French and English, and he also spoke Italian and German. He was the author of many scientific and constructive books. He had been writing articles in religious press and in dailies. He was elected Metropolitan of Demetrias in [[1974]], with his base in [[Volos]], [[Central Greece|central Greece]], and [[Archbishop of Athens]] and all Greece in [[1998]]. Since his elevation, he had attracted a significant amount of controversy, culminating in a major corruption scandal in [[2005]].
 He was diagnosed with cancer in June [[2007]]. Christodoulos died at 5:15 AM, the morning of [[January 28]], [[2008]]

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 [[Image:Christodoulos-01.jpg|thumb|225px|[[Christodoulos|Archbishop Christodoulos]]]]
-His Beatitude '''Christodoulos'''(born Christos Paraskevaides, Greek: Χρήστος Παρασκευαΐδης), '''Archbishop of Athens and all of Greece''', was born at [[Xanthi]] on [[January 16]], [[1939]]. In [[1962]] he graduated from the School of Law and in [[1967]] from the School of Theology. In [[1961]], he was ordained deacon and, in [[1965]] priest. He served as a preacher and senior spiritual father at the church of Assumption of the Virgin Mary at [[Palaio Phalero]] for nine years, and, for seven years he served as a Secretary of the Holy Synod. He took part in many religious missions abroad. He was a Doctor of Theology, he had a degree in French and English, and he also spoke Italian and German. He was the author of many scientific and constructive books. He had been writing articles in religious press and in dailies. He was elected Metropolitan of Demetrias in [[1974]] and [[Archbishop of Athens]] and all Greece in [[1998]]. Since his elevation, he had attracted a significant amount of controversy, culminating in a major corruption scandal in [[2005]].
+His Beatitude '''Christodoulos''' (born Christos Paraskevaides, Greek: Χρήστος Παρασκευαΐδης), '''Archbishop of Athens and all of Greece''', was born at [[Xanthi]] on [[January 16]], [[1939]]. In [[1962]] he graduated from the School of Law and in [[1967]] from the School of Theology. In [[1961]], he was ordained deacon and, in [[1965]] priest. He served as a preacher and senior spiritual father at the church of Assumption of the Virgin Mary at [[Palaio Phalero]] for nine years, and, for seven years he served as a Secretary of the Holy Synod. He took part in many religious missions abroad. He was a Doctor of Theology, he had a degree in French and English, and he also spoke Italian and German. He was the author of many scientific and constructive books. He had been writing articles in religious press and in dailies. He was elected Metropolitan of Demetrias in [[1974]] and [[Archbishop of Athens]] and all Greece in [[1998]]. Since his elevation, he had attracted a significant amount of controversy, culminating in a major corruption scandal in [[2005]].
 He was diagnosed with cancer in June [[2007]]. Christodoulos died at 5:15 AM, the morning of [[January 28]], [[2008]]

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 [[Image:Christodoulos-01.jpg|thumb|225px|[[Christodoulos|Archbishop Christodoulos]]]]
-His Beatitude '''Christodoulos'''(born Christos Paraskevaides, Greek: Χρήστος Παρασκευαΐδης), Archbishop of Athens and all of Greece''', was born at [[Xanthi]] on [[January 16]], [[1939]]. In [[1962]] he graduated from the School of Law and in [[1967]] from the School of Theology. In [[1961]], he was ordained deacon and, in [[1965]] priest. He served as a preacher and senior spiritual father at the church of Assumption of the Virgin Mary at [[Palaio Phalero]] for nine years, and, for seven years he served as a Secretary of the Holy Synod. He took part in many religious missions abroad. He was a Doctor of Theology, he had a degree in French and English, and he also spoke Italian and German. He was the author of many scientific and constructive books. He had been writing articles in religious press and in dailies. He was elected Metropolitan of Demetrias in [[1974]] and [[Archbishop of Athens]] and all Greece in [[1998]]. Since his elevation, he had attracted a significant amount of controversy, culminating in a major corruption scandal in [[2005]].
+His Beatitude '''Christodoulos'''(born Christos Paraskevaides, Greek: Χρήστος Παρασκευαΐδης), '''Archbishop of Athens and all of Greece''', was born at [[Xanthi]] on [[January 16]], [[1939]]. In [[1962]] he graduated from the School of Law and in [[1967]] from the School of Theology. In [[1961]], he was ordained deacon and, in [[1965]] priest. He served as a preacher and senior spiritual father at the church of Assumption of the Virgin Mary at [[Palaio Phalero]] for nine years, and, for seven years he served as a Secretary of the Holy Synod. He took part in many religious missions abroad. He was a Doctor of Theology, he had a degree in French and English, and he also spoke Italian and German. He was the author of many scientific and constructive books. He had been writing articles in religious press and in dailies. He was elected Metropolitan of Demetrias in [[1974]] and [[Archbishop of Athens]] and all Greece in [[1998]]. Since his elevation, he had attracted a significant amount of controversy, culminating in a major corruption scandal in [[2005]].
 He was diagnosed with cancer in June [[2007]]. Christodoulos died at 5:15 AM, the morning of [[January 28]], [[2008]]

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 His Beatitude '''Christodoulos Paraskevaides, Archbishop of Athens and all of Greece''', was born at [[Xanthi]] on [[January 16]], [[1939]]. In [[1962]] he graduated from the School of Law and in [[1967]] from the School of Theology. In [[1961]], he was ordained deacon and, in [[1965]] priest. He served as a preacher and senior spiritual father at the church of Assumption of the Virgin Mary at [[Palaio Phalero]] for nine years, and, for seven years he served as a Secretary of the Holy Synod. He took part in many religious missions abroad. He was a Doctor of Theology, he had a degree in French and English, and he also spoke Italian and German. He was the author of many scientific and constructive books. He had been writing articles in religious press and in dailies. He was elected Metropolitan of Demetrias in [[1974]] and [[Archbishop of Athens]] and all Greece in [[1998]]. Since his elevation, he had attracted a significant amount of controversy, culminating in a major corruption scandal in [[2005]].
-Christodoulos died, after a long illness, in the morning of [[January 28]], [[2008]]
+He was diagnosed with cancer in June [[2007]]. Christodoulos died at 5:15 AM, the morning of [[January 28]], [[2008]]
 == Election ==

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 [[Image:Christodoulos-01.jpg|thumb|225px|[[Christodoulos|Archbishop Christodoulos]]]]
-His Beatitude '''Christodoulos Paraskevaides, Archbishop of Athens and all of Greece''', was born at [[Xanthi]] on [[January 16]], [[1939]]. In [[1962]] he graduated from the School of Law and in 1967 from the School of Theology. In 1961 he was ordained deacon and, in [[1965]] priest. He served as a preacher and senior spiritual father at the church of Assumption of the Virgin Mary at [[Palaio Phalero]] for nine years, and, for seven years he served as a Secretary of the Holy Synod. He took part in many religious missions abroad. He is a Doctor of Theology, he has a degree in French and English, and he also speaks Italian and German. He is the author of many scientific and constructive books. He has been writing articles in religious press and in dailies. He was elected Metropolitan of Demetrias in 1974 and Archbishop of Athens and all Greece in 1998. Since his elevation, he has attracted a significant amount of controversy, culminating in a major corruption scandal in [[2005]].
+His Beatitude '''Christodoulos Paraskevaides, Archbishop of Athens and all of Greece''', was born at [[Xanthi]] on [[January 16]], [[1939]]. In [[1962]] he graduated from the School of Law and in [[1967]] from the School of Theology. In [[1961]], he was ordained deacon and, in [[1965]] priest. He served as a preacher and senior spiritual father at the church of Assumption of the Virgin Mary at [[Palaio Phalero]] for nine years, and, for seven years he served as a Secretary of the Holy Synod. He took part in many religious missions abroad. He was a Doctor of Theology, he had a degree in French and English, and he also spoke Italian and German. He was the author of many scientific and constructive books. He had been writing articles in religious press and in dailies. He was elected Metropolitan of Demetrias in [[1974]] and [[Archbishop of Athens]] and all Greece in [[1998]]. Since his elevation, he had attracted a significant amount of controversy, culminating in a major corruption scandal in [[2005]].
 == Election ==
-Christodoulos, at 59 years of age, has been the youngest archbishop to head the Greek Church. He was the first cleric to be democratically elected to the post by the Holy Synod. His chief rivals in ballot were Bishop of [[Alexandroupolis]] Anthimos and Bishop of [[Thebes]] Ieronymos. He announced his intention to be a reformer and promised to modernise the Church as well as improving relations with other Orthodox groupings. He criticised the growth of racism and discrimination against religious minorities in Greece, but was in turn criticised for his strongly nationalist stance on Greek [[Roman Catholicism in Greece|Catholics]], [[Jews in Greece|Jews]], [[Islam in Greece|Muslims]] and other religious minorities [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/despatches/90193.stm].
+Christodoulos, at 59 years of age, had been the youngest archbishop to head the Greek Church. He was the first cleric to be democratically elected to the post by the Holy Synod. His chief rivals in ballot were Bishop of [[Alexandroupolis]] Anthimos and Bishop of [[Thebes]] Ieronymos. He announced his intention to be a reformer and promised to modernise the Church as well as improving relations with other Orthodox groupings. He criticised the growth of racism and discrimination against religious minorities in Greece, but was in turn criticised for his strongly nationalist stance on Greek [[Roman Catholicism in Greece|Catholics]], [[Jews in Greece|Jews]], [[Islam in Greece|Muslims]] and other religious minorities [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/despatches/90193.stm].
 == Involvement in issues ==
-The archbishop played a leading role in stoking public opposition to NATO and the Kosovo War of [[1999]] in which Greece, as a NATO member, played a significant (though largely non-interventionist) role. He also spoke out strongly against the European Union and the government's intention to follow [[EU]] directives even where they clashed with what he regarded as traditional Greek policies.
+The archbishop played a leading role in stoking public opposition to NATO and the Kosovo War of [[1999]] in which Greece, as a NATO member, played a significant (though largely non-interventionist) role. He also spoke out strongly against the European Union and the government's intention to follow EU directives even where they clashed with what he regarded as traditional Greek policies.
 [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/despatches/90193.stm] This led to a major clash between church and state in [[2000]], when the Greek government sought to follow an EU directive by removing the "Religion" field from the national ID cards carried by Greek citizens. Christodoulos opposed the decision, claiming that it had been "put forward by neo-intellectuals who want to attack us like rabid dogs and tear at our flesh". [http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,223516,00.html] He organised two demonstrations in [[Athens]] and [[Thessaloniki]], alongside a majority of bishops of the Church of Greece. In [[2001]], Christodoulos prompted international criticism after claiming that the EU directive had been instigated by Jews. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1222101.stm]
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 It emerged the same year that despite Christodoulos' claims that he had no knowledge of or involvement with the [[Greek military junta of 1967-1974]], he had been recorded on film and photographed swearing in the new regime while acting in the role of Secretary of the ''Iera Sinodos'' (Ιερά Σύνοδος), the Council of the Greek Orthodox Church. [http://www.iospress.gr/extra/fotochrist.htm]
-Despite earlier criticism of the Roman Catholic Church, Christodoulos consented in 2001 to the Greek government's decision to allow Pope John Paul II to visit Greece. He commented that he would not "close the door" on the Pope, because he was coming to the country as a pilgrim. The two men met for discussions during the Papal visit in May 2001, though they did not pray together. Christodoulos' decision led to major controversy in Greece, where many Orthodox Christians regard the Pope (and the Catholic Church as a whole) as a schismatic heretic. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/1300926.stm] He also consented in [[2002]] to the construction of a mosque in Athens, to end the anomalous situation of the Greek capital being the only EU capital without a Muslim place of worship. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2371541.stm]
+Despite earlier criticism of the Roman Catholic Church, Christodoulos consented in [[2001]] to the Greek government's decision to allow Pope John Paul II to visit Greece. He commented that he would not "close the door" on the Pope, because he was coming to the country as a pilgrim. The two men met for discussions during the Papal visit in May 2001, though they did not pray together. Christodoulos' decision led to major controversy in Greece, where many Orthodox Christians regard the Pope (and the Catholic Church as a whole) as a schismatic heretic. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/1300926.stm] He also consented in [[2002]] to the construction of a mosque in Athens, to end the anomalous situation of the Greek capital being the only EU capital without a Muslim place of worship. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2371541.stm]
 == Criticism and controversy ==
-Christodoulos has supported views on Greek politics and culture, that have been criticized as highly conservative and nationalist. He led protests in [[2002]] against Greece's version of the television programme ''Big Brother'', urging followers to "pray for the young kids" on the shows and to "turn off our [television] sets". [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/1886998.stm]
+Christodoulos had supported views on Greek politics and culture, that had been criticized as highly conservative and nationalist. He led protests in [[2002]] against Greece's version of the television programme ''Big Brother'', urging followers to "pray for the young kids" on the shows and to "turn off our [television] sets". [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/1886998.stm]
-In 2006, he decried the establishment of the monotonic orthography, as a "globalisation plot" to impose "cultural uniformity" and "support the sale of multi-national Olivetti's typewriters". He has also sarcastically referred to the lawmakers' "kindness of relieving our race from the darkness of Aristophanes" [http://www.in.gr/news/article.asp?lngEntityID=708357], with regards to the same matter, despite the fact Aristophanes never wrote in the polytonic system, which was a later invention.
+In 2006, he decried the establishment of the monotonic orthography, as a "globalisation plot" to impose "cultural uniformity" and "support the sale of multi-national Olivetti's typewriters". He has also sarcastically referred to the lawmakers' "kindness of relieving our race from the darkness of [[Aristophanes]]" [http://www.in.gr/news/article.asp?lngEntityID=708357], with regards to the same matter, despite the fact Aristophanes never wrote in the polytonic system, which was a later invention.
-The archbishop has also been instensely critical of globalization, to which he has referred, on repeated occasions, in disparaging terms as a global, or alternatively, "foreigner" plot to deprive people of their national identities. In 2004 he criticized globalization as a "bulldozer that is out to demolish everything, on account of those who want to rule the world without resistance or obstacles"[http://www.in.gr/news/article.asp?lngEntityID=528449], adding that Greeks live in a paradise compared to other Europeans, because "they have a strong faith, they build churches, follow traditions, and resist globalisation". In 2006 he castigated gloabalisation as a "crime against humanity" and "a vehicle to Americanize the life of all humankind"[http://www.in.gr/news/article.asp?lngEntityID=722627&lngDtrID=244].      He has also claimed that "globalization wants to turn us into gruel, soup, sheep, or better yet, turkeys, so that we may be led with a cane"[http://www.enet.gr/online/online_text/c=112,id=25036028]. In 2002, he asked students in a Greek school whether they wanted to be "mince meat or meat", explaining that "''foreigners want to turn us into the meat-grinder, while meat is a solid thing''".[http://www.enet.gr/online/online_text/c=112,id=25036028]
+The archbishop has also been instensely critical of globalization, to which he has referred, on repeated occasions, in disparaging terms as a global, or alternatively, "foreigner" plot to deprive people of their national identities. In 2004 he criticized globalization as a "bulldozer that is out to demolish everything, on account of those who want to rule the world without resistance or obstacles"[http://www.in.gr/news/article.asp?lngEntityID=528449], adding that Greeks live in a paradise compared to other Europeans, because "they have a strong faith, they build churches, follow traditions, and resist globalisation". In [[2006]], he castigated gloabalisation as a "crime against humanity" and "a vehicle to Americanize the life of all humankind"[http://www.in.gr/news/article.asp?lngEntityID=722627&lngDtrID=244].      He has also claimed that "globalization wants to turn us into gruel, soup, sheep, or better yet, turkeys, so that we may be led with a cane"[http://www.enet.gr/online/online_text/c=112,id=25036028]. In [[2002]], he asked students in a Greek school whether they wanted to be "mince meat or meat", explaining that "''foreigners want to turn us into the meat-grinder, while meat is a solid thing''".[http://www.enet.gr/online/online_text/c=112,id=25036028]
-The archbishop has also been criticised for frequently judging the internal and foreign policies of the elected Greek governments, usually during sermon in liturgy. In [[1999]] he complained during sermon that the Education Ministries were "experimenting on students" with their continuous innovations on the educational system, causing the dissatisfaction of [[Gerasimos Arsenis]], who was pushing substantial changes in secondary education at the time.
+The archbishop had also been criticised for frequently judging the internal and foreign policies of the elected Greek governments, usually during sermon in liturgy. In [[1999]] he complained during sermon that the Education Ministries were "experimenting on students" with their continuous innovations on the educational system, causing the dissatisfaction of [[Gerasimos Arsenis]], who was pushing substantial changes in secondary education at the time.
-Christodoulos created a major controversy in [[2003]] when he denounced proposals to let Turkey enter the European Union, calling the Turks "barbarians". [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3292835.stm] Despite the fact a number of Greeks are also opposed to Turkey's entrance (as, indeed, are many other Europeans), Christodoulos's statements were seen as an unwarranted intervention in foreign affairs, based on a discriminatory and racialist logic. It has to be noted, however, that statements to the same effect had been made -and retracted- in the past by former Foreign Affairs Minister [[Theodoros Pangalos]].
+Christodoulos created a major controversy in [[2003]] when he denounced proposals to let Turkey enter the European Union, calling the Turks "barbarians". [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3292835.stm] Despite the fact a number of Greeks are also opposed to Turkey's entrance (as, indeed, are many other Europeans), Christodoulos' statements were seen as an unwarranted intervention in foreign affairs, based on a discriminatory and racialist logic. It has to be noted, however, that statements to the same effect had been made -and retracted- in the past by former Foreign Affairs Minister [[Theodoros Pangalos]].
-The archbishop has been accused of fusing racialist stereotypes and homophobic ideas when, on another occasion, he proclaimed that "Because we are not German, neither French, far more not English, but manful Greeks, we are Orthodox Christians". [http://www.hri.org/E/1999/99-06-21.dir/keimena/greece/greece4.htm] <!-- πολύ περισσότερο = far more / much more so [http://www.in.gr/dictionary/lookup.asp?Word=%F0%EF%EB%FD+%F0%E5%F1%E9%F3%F3%FC%F4%E5%F1%EF] "''we'' are not German, nor French, and we are ''certainly not British'', we are '''masculine Greeks''', and we are Orthodox Christians" -->
+The archbishop had been accused of fusing racialist stereotypes and homophobic ideas when, on another occasion, he proclaimed that "Because we are not German, neither French, far more not English, but manful Greeks, we are Orthodox Christians". [http://www.hri.org/E/1999/99-06-21.dir/keimena/greece/greece4.htm] <!-- πολύ περισσότερο = far more / much more so [http://www.in.gr/dictionary/lookup.asp?Word=%F0%EF%EB%FD+%F0%E5%F1%E9%F3%F3%FC%F4%E5%F1%EF] "''we'' are not German, nor French, and we are ''certainly not British'', we are '''masculine Greeks''', and we are Orthodox Christians" -->
-Christodoulos has also been criticized for supporting what many Greeks feel to be an arbitrary, nationalist, and ultimately ahistorical division between the Greek and European civilization. In 1998 he declared that "when our ancestors gave the lights of civilization, they [Europeans] were living up in trees"[http://www.enet.gr/online/online_text/c=112,id=25036028]. In 2003 he claimed that "history teaches us Europeans were always out to harm us. Long before the sack of Constantinople, [[Hellenism]] had been subjected to the horrible experience of the Franks, who wanted to achieve, by any means possible, its extinction".
+Christodoulos had also been criticized for supporting what many Greeks feel to be an arbitrary, nationalist, and ultimately ahistorical division between the Greek and European civilization. In [[1998]], he declared that "when our ancestors gave the lights of civilization, they [Europeans] were living up in trees"[http://www.enet.gr/online/online_text/c=112,id=25036028]. In [[2003]], he claimed that "history teaches us Europeans were always out to harm us. Long before the [[sack of Constantinople]], [[Hellenism]] had been subjected to the horrible experience of the Franks, who wanted to achieve, by any means possible, its extinction".
-After the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center, parts of the public were shocked to hear the archbishop attribute the attacks to "despondent men" who acted "out of despair, caused by the injustices of the Great Powers". Critics attacked the archbishop for what they considered to constitute an underhanded justification of the terrorist act. Christodoulos denied the allegation and responded that he condemned the attacks.
+After the [[September 11]]th attacks on the World Trade Center, parts of the public were shocked to hear the archbishop attribute the attacks to "despondent men" who acted "out of despair, caused by the injustices of the Great Powers". Critics attacked the archbishop for what they considered to constitute an underhanded justification of the terrorist act. Christodoulos denied the allegation and responded that he condemned the attacks.
 == Clash with Ecumenical Patriarchate ==
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 * [http://www.ecclesia.gr/English/archbishop/index.html The Church of Greece: The Archbishop]
-* {{el icon}} {{en icon}} {{fr icon}} [http://www.ecclesia.gr/greek/geneva/index.html The Archbishop at the World Council of Churches]
+* [http://www.ecclesia.gr/greek/geneva/index.html The Archbishop at the World Council of Churches]
 * [http://www.samos.be/there/6august/index.html The Archbishop visiting Samos Island]