Abstract

On November 6, 2018 the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the Archbishop of Athens Ieronymos, have made public an agreement to reform relations between the Hellenic Republic and the Orthodox Church, destined to be translated into State Law. The strong opposition of the clergy and the ecclesiastical hierarchy and the narrow, one-party parliamentary majority in favor of the reform, prevented it from being implemented, in the sign of a growing tension in the relations between the Government and the Church of Greece.