The Vice-President of the Hierarchy, Metropolitan Seraphim of Karystia and Skyros, made a pointed remark at the meeting of the Holy Synod of the Hierarchy.
“As is widely known, our Hierarchy is the largest governing body by number of members and is free from external interventions. So, we express our opinion and make decisions on the issues under discussion with complete freedom, always within the limits of its competencies and on the well-considered issues of our Church and Orthodoxy.”
This statement summons up associations with all those this statement is addressed to both within Greece and beyond its borders.