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The '''Orthodox Church of Greece - Holy Synod in Resistance''', also called derisively referred to as the '''Cyprianites''', were a resisting, [[Old Calendarists|Old Calendar]] synod established on April 5/18, 1985, by Metropolitan Cyprian of Oropos and Fili, and Metropolitan Giovanni of Sardinia. It was theologically distinctive from the rest of the Old Calendarist Churches in that they did not officially view those Churches which were separate from accepted the new (“Revised Julian”) calendar as completely outside of the New Calendar [[Orthodox Church and sacramentally devoid of Greece]]grace, regarding but as compromised or “ailing” portions of the latter as being in errorChurch awaiting final canonical judgment.
=== Hierarchs ===
*[http://www.synodinresistance.org/Administration_en/CyprianOreon.html Cyprian, Metropolitan of Oropos and Fili, last President of the Holy Synod in Resistance]
*[http://www.synodinresistance.org/Administration_en/ChrysostomosEtna.html Chrysostomos, Archbishop [(now Metropolitan] ) of Etna (California), Member of the Synod]
*[http://www.synodinresistance.org/Administration_en/ChrysostomosSydney.html Chrysostomos, Bishop of Sydney and New South Wales, Member of the Synod]
*[http://www.synodinresistance.org/Administration_en/MichaelNora.html Michael, Bishop of Nora (Sardinia), Member of the Synod]
