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*1963 [[Soter Brotherhood]] is created, as the more traditionalist members broke away from the [[Brotherhood of Theologians Zoe|Zoe Brotherhood]] to form a smaller new brotherhood under the leadership of Prof. [[Panagiotes N. Trembelas]], having a profound influence on the [[Church of Greece]]; Second Pan-Orthodox Conference held in Rhodes; 1000th anniversary celebration of founding of [[Mount Athos]].
*1964 [[Panagia Malevi]] icon of the Mother of God begins gushing myrrh; third Pan-Orthodox Conference held in Rhodes; in March Turkey denounced the 1930 bilateral agreement on disputes arising from the exchange of populations and expelled more than 17,000 ethnic Greeks, who were deprived of all access to their real estate, goods and chattels, subsequently followed by the de facto exodus of 40,000 ethnic Greeks of Turkish citizenship.
*1965 Death of iconographer [[Photios Kontoglou]], who was a strong influence in the reintroduction of traditional Byzantine and postbyzantine style in church iconography; first Metropolitan for Piraeus is elected, His Eminence [[Chrysostomos (Tabladorakis) of Argolidos]]; [[Monastery of Panagia Pantanassa (Kranidiou)]] founded; Pope Paul VI of Rome and Patriarch [[Athenagoras I (Spyrou) of Constantinople]] mutually nullify the [[excommunication]]s of 1054; the [[Patriarchal Institute for Patristic Studies ]] is established in Thessaloniki, located at the Holy Patriarchal and Stavropegial Monastery of Vlatadon([http://www.ec-patr.org/mones/vlatadon/ Moni Vlatadon]).
*1966 Death of Righteous Father [[Ieronymos of Aegina|Ieronymos (Apostolides) of Aegina]]; Center for Byzantine Research established at the ''Aristotle University of Thessaloniki''.
*1967 Glorification of [[Arsenios of Paros]] (+1877) by the [[Church of Constantinople|Patriarchate of Constantinople]].
*1992 Deaths of [[Gabrielia (Papayannis)]] and [[Chrysanthi of Andros]]; Synaxis of primates of Orthodox churches in Constantinople; Thessaloniki was selected as the cultural capital of Europe (1997).
*1993 [[Church of Cyprus]] condemned Freemasonry as a religion incompatible with Christianity; canonization of [[Chrysostomos (Kalafatis) of Smyrna]].
*1994 Death of Elder [[Paisios (Eznepidis)]] of Mt. [[Athos]] [[July 12]]; [[w:Museum of Byzantine Culture|Museum of Byzantine Culture]] is inaugurated in Thessaloniki; Greek Parliament passes a resolution affirming the [[w:Greek genocide|genocide in the Pontus region]] of Asia Minor and designated [[May 19]] a day of commemoration; the [[Liaison Office of the Orthodox Church to the European Union ]] was established by the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Brussels.
*1995 Death of Eldress [[Macrina of Volos]]; Ecumenical Patriarch [[Bartholomew I (Archontonis) of Constantinople|Bartholomew I]] visits Patmos as part of the celebration of the 1,900th anniversary of the writing of the [[Book of Revelation]] by the [[Apostle John|Evangelist John]].
*1997 A bomb explodes at the [[Church of Constantinople|Patriarchate of Constantinople]], seriously injuring Orthodox deacon Nectarius Nikolou and damaging several buildings.