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*2007 Greek Minority Lyceum at the Phanar (''[http://wiki.phantis.com/index.php/Great_School_of_the_Nation Megali tou Genous Sxoli]'' - today a middle and high school of the Greek minority) wins a judgement condemning Turkey at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), for violation of the ''European Convention On Human Rights (protection of property)''; 1600th anniversary celebration of the repose of [[John Chrysostom]]; the [[w:International Association of Genocide Scholars|International Association of Genocide Scholars]] passed the ''[http://www.genocidescholars.org/images/Resolution_on_genocides_committed_by_the_Ottoman_Empire.pdf IAGS Resolution on Genocides Against Assyrians, Greeks, Armenians, and Other Christians by the Ottoman Empire 13 July 2007],'' affirming that the Ottoman campaign against Christian minorities between 1914-1923 was genocide; a half-finished painting in the Church of the Holy Virgin in Axioupolis, northern Greece, of [http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSL0677226020070206 Russian communist leader Vladimir Lenin] cutting off the beard of [[Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky) of Simferopol and Crimea|St Luke]] - painted as a symbol of communist oppression of the Church - offended traditionalists who wanted it removed.
*2008 Death of Abp. [[Christodoulos (Paraskevaides) of Athens]], proving to be one of the most popular archbishops in Greek history, reviving the appeal of the Church in a secular age, especially among young people; Abp. [[Ieronymos II (Liapis) of Athens]] elected; [[Glorification]] of [[George (Karslidis) of Drama]]; [http://www.ec-patr.org/docdisplay.php?lang=en&id=995&tla=en Pan-Orthodox meeting in Constantinople] in October of the Primates of the fourteen Orthodox Churches, signing a document calling for inter-orthodox unity and collaboration and "''the continuation of preparations for the Holy and Great Council''"; the 13-member standing committee of the [[Church of Greece]] denounced government plans to introduce a civil partnerships law, saying government support for common law marriage would amount to state-sanctioned “prostitution.”
*2009 The European Court on Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that Turkey violated the property rights of the ''Bozcaada Kimisis Teodoku Greek Orthodox Church'' on the Aegean island of Bozcaada; the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]] has filed more than two dozen cases with the ECHR to recover some of the thousands of properties it has lost; US President Barack Obama made an explicit appeal in his speech to the Turkish Parliament for the reopening of the hotly contested Greek Orthodox [[Theological School of Halki|seminary on Halki]], viewed by the European Union and others as a test case for religious freedom in Turkey; a delegation from the Orthodox Church of Greece headed by Metropolitan Nectarios of Kerkira, Paxoi and Diapontioi Nisoi visited several monasteries in West Ukraine on April 28-29; Patr. Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas of the [[Church of Antioch (Syriac)|Oriental Church of Antioch]] went on an official visit to Greece, as the guests of the Greek Government and the Greek Orthodox Church to congratulate the new Abp. of the Greek Church and to renew the relationship between both churches; Elder [[Joseph of Vatopedi]] reposes peacefully, funeral service held [[July 1]]; Russian Orthodox Patriarch Patr. [[Kyrill I (Gundyayev) of Moscow|Kirill ]] called on Turkish authorities to re-open the [[Theological School of Halki|Theological Seminary on Halki]]; over 1,000 Muslims rallied in the city streets of Athens over unsubstantiated claims that Greek police allegedly tore up and trampled on the Quran, smashing 75 cars, injuring 14 people, overturning trash bins and attacking banks.
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