The fundamental issue of her legal personality IM Saint Catherine of Sinai In Greece, is resolved, permanently, by the bill of Ministry of Education, Religions and Sports, whose discussion began today at Standing Committee on Educational Affairs.
“The Greek state confirms its determination to support the mission and work of the Holy Monastery, to shield its interests,” the Minister of Education, Religions and Sports said, among other things. Sofia Zacharaki during the debate of the bill to the relevant House Committee.
At the same time, with the present N/S, the Higher Ecclesiastical Academies and Departments of higher education institutions by facilitating the study of foreign students. It is specifically envisaged that up to 10 candidates from the Patriarchate of Antioch of Syrian or Lebanon may enter any Department of Greek HEI on the proposal of the Patriarchate of Antioch and with the agreement of the Church of Greece and the Greek Foreign Ministry.
‘In this way the Greek state helps decisively the Antioch Patriarchate To improve the level of his priests and we restore an immediate channel of communication with the Greek Orthodox of Syria, ”said Sofia Zacharakis.
Religious minority of Bektashis Alevites
‘In 2021 for the first time a wide was licensed House of Bektashis Alevis Thrace A religious minority within the bays of the Muslim minority of Thrace. Under Article 49 of the bill now, the religious minority of the Bektashies of Alevis Thrace acquires substance to the legal world as a religious legal entity of Law 4301/2014, and Greece is taking another step towards the proper direction of protecting religious freedom. ” Sofia Zacharaki And he emphasized that “this is the first time that Greece has been recognized in Greece a religious legal entity of Muslim religion.” Also, these arrangements are enhanced by the Schools of Apprenticeships of Clergymen (SMYK) and the facilitation of the attendance of foreign students and students in the standards of ecclesiastical schools. Students and students come from the Ecumenical Patriarchate (Ecumenical Patriarchate, Patriarchate of Alexandria, Patriarchate of Antioch and Jerusalem).
Places of worship
In addition, the N/S provides for a substantial strengthening of the public works of the ecclesiastical institutions.
Finally, the anachronistic legislative framework for the licensing of places of worship that was in force from the Silk period is abolished.
“We secure as a state the unkind exercise of the right of worship of all religious communities and their members, through the formation of a modern, complete and coherent legislative framework for the places of worship of religions,” the Minister of Education, Religions and Sports underlined.