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Historical Diagram
of the Greek Old Calendar Synods

by Stavros Markou

 

AUTOCEPHALOUS                                                                         ECUMENISTS     
CHURCH OF GREECE
— — — —> 1924 — — — — —> NEW CALENDARISTS
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| <— — — — — —  1935: 3 bishops return to the Old Calendar <— — —  — — — —  |
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(Germanus, Chrysostom, Chrysostom)                                           |
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V                                                                                                                                            | 
G.O.C. OF GREECE                                                                                                         |
Germanus (President),                                                                                                             |
Chrysostom, Chrysostom,                                                                                                        |
Germanus, Matthew,                                                                                                                |
Christopher, Polycarp.                                                                                                              |
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— —  — — — — — > 3 bishops return to the New Calendar  — — — — — — — |
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(Chrysostom, Christopher, Polycarp)                                            |
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V                                                                                                                                            | 
G.O.C. OF GREECE                                                                                                         |
Germanus, Chrysostom,                                                                                                          |
Germanus, Matthew.                                                                                                               |
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 | — — — — > 1937 — — — — > FLORINITES                                                             | 
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Germanus, Chrysostom.                                                       | 
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V                                                                   |                                                                        | 
G.O.C. OF GREECE                                |                                                                        |
Germanus, Matthew.                                       |                                                                        |
                                                        1943   |   — — — — >  
Germanus   — — — — |
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|                                                          1944   | <— —
— Christopher and Polycarp <— — |
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V                                                                   |                                                                        |  G.O.C. OF GREECE  — Germanus — > |  1949                                                               |
Matthew (President),                                       |                                                                        |
Spyridon, Andrew,                                          |                                                                        |
Demetrius, Callistus.                                       |                                                                        |
|                                                           1952  | — —> Christopher and Polycarp — —
—> |
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|                                                                   V                                                                       |
|                                             1954: Last Florinite bishop dies                                               |
|                                               leaving no successor bishops                                                |
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|                                                             ACACIANS                                                           |
|                                     1960-1962: Contrary to the will of their Synod,                                 |
|                                          ROCOR bishops secretly "consecrate"                                        |
                                       Acacius Papas and a few other bishops.                                      |
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Acacius (President), Parthenius, Auxentius,                                     |
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Chrysostom, Acacius the Less, Gerontius.                                       |
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|                                                             1974  | — — — — — > Acacius the Less        |
|                                                             1974  | — — — — — — — > Gabriel        |        |
|                                                             1974  | — — — — — —> Peter         |        |        |
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| — — — — — > Callistus — — — — > |   1977                                |         |        |        |
|                                                             1978  | — — — > Kiousis        |         |        |        |
|       Callistites < — — — — — — — — |   1979                       |        |         |        |        |
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|       | —Maximus, Germanus, Callinicus—> |   1982                       |        |         |        |        |
|       |                                                                       1983  —>Gerontians    |        |         |        |        |
|       | — Anthony, Callinicus, Matthew, Calli|opius —1984—> |     |        |         |        |        |
|       —> 1984: Cyprianites                 1985  |<— — — — — |     |        |         |        |        |
|                             |                                              V                                V      V        |        |        |
|      V                       |                 1985: Auxentians— — — > Kiousites       |        |        |
| 1986:Callistus dies  |                                               |                             |                         |     |         |
|                                |                                            |                             |                          |           |
|                                |                                           |                             |                           ||            |
|                                |                                           |                             |                         1992         |
|                                |                                           |                             |                           ||            |
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|                                |                                           |                             |           Gabriel dies 1994 |
| —> Gregorians  1995                                                     1995 —> Callinicites  |        |
|                |               |         Maximites <— 1996                     |                  |            V       |
|                |               |             
   |            1997 | —> HOCNA      |                  |          1997     |
|                |               |             
   |                    |               |             |         1998  |—Paisius—>|
|                |               |             
   |                    |               |             |         1998  |—Vincent—>|
|                |               |             
   |                    |               |             |<- Justin—|  1999    |        |
|                |               |             
   |                    |               |             |<-Stefan—|  1999           |
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V              V             V             
 V                  V             V           V                 V           V      V
Andrew  Gregory  Cyprian Maximus  Athanasius  Macarius Chrysostom Callinicus  Anthony   
 
12           5              9           10              1                 5               11              6              2     

 

 

 

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