GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH AFFAIRS; MEETING OF THE PAN-ORTHODOX COUNCIL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000700240003-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 1, 2000
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: July 3, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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Tur Y/Greeco/Poland
Chet Orthodox Church .'fairs;
M eting of the ParzO:thodox Council
The Polish Church is the only church in Russ: .-occ pie territory which has
not been invited to attend the Pan -Orthodox Counc.iV, scheduled in .Moscow V is
fa lw The church of . tiooh.o, Syria, is enpaected to be the oiily church outside
of Reis occupied territory which will probably accept the witation,
The Plunar in Istanbul is dominated financially by the Greek Oovex tent,
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If, is reported that t? trip of ?cb-' Ma,? os from. Istanbul to Greece
in May was not fog reasons of 113--health but for nsultation concerning
three major. issues :
(a) Whether Maximos should resign in Ivor of a stronger rso z. l
.b If he should relic nv mat candidate would be favorable to ,ti me; and
c Hors an the Ph nar deal with U .increasinng prestige of Patriarch
Alexei of Moscow.
r -b-,shop . t h r arrr asp i m d,e of the Cre Ort ode Chereh of forth and
f oath. Jtm rica~ Is :t ported to have recent '.y been made an hoa nras7 citizen
of the city of 'nk10-a by the mks, This privilege has not yet beery made
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