(RNS) — Recently, the head of the Greek Orthodox Church Ameri vised Greece and while there baptized two children brought to the world through surrogacy to be raised by a gay uple.
Contents:
- FIRST GREEK ORTHODOX BAPTISM FOR CHILD OF GAY COUPLE GREECE
- CAN YOU BE GAY AND ORTHODOX, ‘SNER’?
- ODD BEDFELLOWS: AN ORTHODOX GREEK PRELATE & A GAY RIGHTS CHAMPN
- METROPOLAN OF GLYFADA CLAIMS HE WAS UNAWARE OF GAY BAPTISM
- CHURCH OF GREECE PROTTS BAPTISM OF CHILDREN OF GAY COUPLE
FIRST GREEK ORTHODOX BAPTISM FOR CHILD OF GAY COUPLE GREECE
Evanggelos Bois and Peter Dundas beme the first gay uple to hold a Greek Orthodox Baptism for their children Greece. * gay greek orthodox *
For example, the Greek Orthodox Archdce lists homosexualy bi fornitn, adultery, abortn and abive sexual behavr as “immoral and appropriate forms of behavr and of themselv, and also bee they attack the stutn of marriage and the fay.
” It adds that, “the Orthodox Church believ that homosexual behavr is a s. ” Siarly, the Assembly of Canonil Orthodox Bishops of the Uned Stat, clar, “Like adultery and fornitn, homosexual acts are nmned by Scripture.
CAN YOU BE GAY AND ORTHODOX, ‘SNER’?
Source: Patheos - The Free Thker BY BARRY DUKE BACK 2017, ahead of Atralia’s plebisce to legalise gay marriage, the Greek Orthodox Church spent a great al of time and money opposg same-sex unns. Then, at the begng of this year, church members had a WTF? moment when the man who succsfully phed hard for marriage * gay greek orthodox *
Whereas marriage between a man and a woman is a sacred stutn ordaed by God, homosexual unn is not. Orthodox and Gay, a webse and onle platform for LGBTQ Orthodox Christians seekg support and refuge. Can a Homosexual bee an Orthodox Christian?
Qutn: I am powerfully drawn to the Orthodox Church, but I’m gay. You mentn that you are gay, suggtg that you wonr if beg gay may bar you om membership. Perhaps you know that, acrdg to tradnal Orthodox teachg, homosexual activy is a s like adultery, fornitn, and other acts of sexual impury.
ODD BEDFELLOWS: AN ORTHODOX GREEK PRELATE & A GAY RIGHTS CHAMPN
Orthodox Christiany and homosexualy. A place of support for gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenred Orthodox Christians. Constctive cricism of the church's posn * gay greek orthodox *
Confsn and fivens is available to those who stggle to rist s, but the tentn to ntue the practice of homosexualy would ed impe membership the Orthodox Church. A repentant, stgglg homosexual who reas om homosexual acts n be received to the church after the ual urse of stctn, but he or she would do bt to keep this matter the nfsnal, jt as is mon wh every other s. It’s not jt homosexualy; the Orthodox Church oppos today’s cultural permissivens the area of sexualy generally, pecially wh regard to habatn, promiscuy, and var forms of eroticism.
Homosexualy is regard as ntrary to God’s revealed purpose his creatn of genr and marriage (Genis 1-2), a posn clearly affirmed by Christ (Mark 10:6-9). Neverthels, homosexualy is not to be isolated as the only s.
METROPOLAN OF GLYFADA CLAIMS HE WAS UNAWARE OF GAY BAPTISM
The Metropolan of Glyfada claims that he was unaware of the tails of the Greek Orthodox baptism for the children of a gay uple. * gay greek orthodox *
Evanggelos Bois and Peter Dundas, both of Greek scent, beme the first gay uple to hold a Greek Orthodox Baptism for their children Greece on Saturday. Greek Orthodox Baptism of gay uple’s children signals “progrs and learship”.
Kefalas – about beg gay and Orthodox. Although I reject any attempt to blame the Church for dog this purposefully, the Church’s strong statements agast civil marriage eedom have no doubt ntributed to youth qutng whether to live or die, to save their fai om the pa and sufferg of livg wh a gay or lbian child. Do you feel you are ‘sner, ’ as the Church suggts, bee you are gay?
CHURCH OF GREECE PROTTS BAPTISM OF CHILDREN OF GAY COUPLE
For the overwhelmg majory of people who intify as gay or lbian, there is no choice; there was no choice for me. Do you believe you n be gay and Greek Orthodox? Beg gay is an important part of who I am, but do not fe me; how I live my life do fe me and that is what is important when to beg Greek Orthodox.
Beg gay do not prevent me om amplifyg God’s love. Where do you thk gay people stand the Church, and how do you thk parishners and the Church treat the muny?
In many plac, and I know this is not the se every place, I have found that Church lears and prits do their bt to show unndnal love, to embrace everyone, cludg gay and lbian parishners.