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Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece

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The '''Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece''' is an [[Old Calendarist]] body Church which in 1935 broke from the [[Church of Greece]] over the latter's use of the [[Revised Julian Calendar]]. The adoption of the new calendar was viewed as an assault on the ecclesiological beliefs abrogation of the Orthodox Church, which they believe promotes 's historical festal unity and a contradiction of Orthodox self-understanding by establishing common worship with non-Orthoox Orthodox and furthers furthering the goals of [[Ecumenism]], while sacrificing liturgical festal unity among the Orthodox ChristiansChurches. It is not in communion with any of the [[List of autocephalous and autonomous churches|mainstream Orthodox churches]], though it has enjoyed occasional support from mainstream churches which have retained the [[Julian Calendar]]. It also has support from some of the monks of [[Mount Athos]]. Its current [[primate]] is Archbishop Chrysostomos II (Kiousis) of Athens and All Greece.
==Primates (1935-present)==
*Metropolitan Germanos of Demetrias (1935-1943)
*Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Florina (1943-1955)
*Archbishop Akakios of Athens Talantion (1960-1963)
*Archbishop Auxentios of Athens (1963-1986)
*Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Athens (1986-present)
*Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Athens
*Metropolitan Akakios of Diavlia
*Metropolitan Athanasios of LarisaLarissa*Metropolitan Maximos of DemetriasThessalonica
*Metropolitan Kallinikos of Achaia
*Metropolitan Justin of Evripos
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