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The '''Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece''' is an [[Old Calendarist]] Church which severed communion with the [[Church of Greece]] in 1935 over the acceptance of the [[Revised Julian Calendar]]. The adoption of the new calendar was viewed as an abrogation of the Orthodox Church's historical festal unity and a contradiction of Orthodox self-understanding by establishing common worship with non-Orthodox and furthering the goals of [[Ecumenism]], while sacrificing festal unity among the Orthodox Churches. 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]], including the historical brotherhood of the Monastery of Esphigmenou. Its current [[primate]] is Archbishop Kallinikos (Sarantopoulos) of Athens and All Greece.The North American eparchy is known as the [http://orthodoxwiki.org/Genuine_Greek_Orthodox_Church_of_America Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of America].  ==Organization==The Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece is made up of the Archdiocese of Athens, twelve Metropoleis in Greece, and three overseas Eparchies: America, Australia, and Europe. The [[Genuine Greek Orthodox Church of America| Eparchy of America]] was granted the status of semi-autonomy in 2002, which included the establishment of an Eparchial Synod along with a local Ecclesiastical Tribunal, and is comprised of two Metropoleis (America and Toronto) and two Dioceses (Boston, and Etna and Portland), whose ruling hierarchs are suffragans of the Metropolitan of America based in New York City.  '''Synod Statistics (2019)''' (Source: ''Orthodox Tradition'', Vol. 36, No. 1, 2019, page 4) Churches, Parishes, and Missions - * Greece: 229* United States and Canada: 50* Colombia, Guatemala, and Haiti: 3* Europe: 18* South Ossetia and Georgia: 12* Africa: 18* Australia and New Zealand: 9* Asia: 1* Total: 340 Monastic Houses - * Greece: 105* United States and Canada: 12* Europe: 5* South Ossetia and Georgia: 2* Africa: 3* Total: 127 Clergy - * Bishops (including inactive): 23* Priests: 292* Deacons: 54* Total: 369 * Major Philanthropic Organizations: 8* Schools, Theological Training Programs: 6* Major Presses: 6

*Metropolitan Germanos of Demetrias (1935-1943)*Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Florina (1943-1955)*Archbishop Akakios of Athens (1960-1963)*Archbishop Auxentios of Athens (1963-1986)*Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Athens (1986-2010)*'''Archbishop Kallinikos of Athens (2010-present)'''

===Metropolitans===*Metropolitan Akakios of DiavliaAttica and Diavleia *Metropolitan Athanasios of Larissa*Metropolitan Maximos of Thessalonicaand Demetrias*Metropolitan Justin Athanasios of EvriposLarisa and Platamon*Metropolitan Pavlos Justin of AmericaEuripos and Euboia*Metropolitan Gerontios of PeiraeusPiræus and Salamis *Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Atticaand Boiotia*Metropolitan Moses of PortlandToronto* Demetrios of America* Cyprian of Oropos and Phyle ===Bishops===*Bishop Sergios Auxentios of Loch LomondEtna and Portland*Bishop Gregory of Christianoupolis*Bishop Photios of Marathon* Ambrose of Philippi* Ambrose of Methone* Michael of Nora* Silvano of Luni* Klemes (Clement) of Gardikion* Theodosios of Bresthena (Vresthena)* Christodoulos of Theoupolis (Assistant to the Metropolitan of America)* Maximus of Pelagonia ===Retired Hierarchs===* Metropolitan Paul (Pavlos) (formerly) of America*Bishop Photios Chrysostomos of MarathonChristianoupolis*Bishop Christodoulos Johannes of TheoupolisMakarioupolis*Bishop Demetrios George (formerly) of BostonAlania*Metropolitan Spyridon Bishop Sergius of Australia Portland (retiredformerly)

* [http://www.ecclesiagoc.gr/ Official website]* [http://www.hotca.org/ Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of America]* Metropolitan Cyprian of Oropos and Phyle. [http://www.synodinresistance.org/pdfs/2014/03/20/20140320aAnnouncement.pdf Official Notification: Thursday of the Third Week of the Great Fast, March 7/20, 2014 - The Ecclesiastical Union of the [Church of the] True Orthodox Christians and the Orthodox Community in Resistance]. March 7/20, 2014. 6 pp.