Metropolan of Glyfada Claims He was Unaware of Gay Baptism

Contents:

• FIRST GREEK ORTHODOX BAPTISM FOR CHILD OF GAY COUPLE GREECE
• GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH PROTTS BAPTISM OF CELEBRY GAY COUPLE’S CHILDREN
• “FIRST OPENLY GAY BAPTISM THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH”
• METROPOLAN OF GLYFADA CLAIMS HE WAS UNAWARE OF GAY BAPTISM
• ABP. ELPIDOPHOROS PRAISED FOR SERVG “FIRST OPENLY GAY BAPTISM”
• CHURCH OF GREECE PROTTS BAPTISM OF CHILDREN OF GAY COUPLE
• BIG STORY? AMERIN (AT THIS POT) ARCHBISHOP BAPTIS FAMO GAY UPLE'S CHILDREN GREECE
• FIRST GREEK ORTHODOX BAPTISM FOR CHILD OF GAY COUPLE GREECE – MAY GOD JUDGE THEM ALL FOR THEIR VILE WICKEDNESS!!!
• THE GAY ORTHODOX UNRGROUND
• FIRST GAY COUPLE TO BAPTISE THEIR CHILDREN GREECE PRID BY ARCHBISHOP ELPIDOPHOROS
• GREECE: BAPTISM OF THE CHILDREN OF A GAY COUPLE DIVIS THE ORTHODOX

FIRST GREEK ORTHODOX BAPTISM FOR CHILD OF GAY COUPLE GREECE

(RNS) — Earlier this month, a storm — unwarranted, malevolent — brewed up after Archbishop Elpidophoros, the head of the Greek Orthodox Church of Ameri, vised Greece and while there baptized two children brought to the world through surrogacy to be raised by a gay uple. Most proment among the is homosexualy, which aro much passnate emotn but ltle ratnal disurse. Once asked whether there were any gay Orthodox, he allegedly replied that, if “sodom” exist the church, “we mt distance such sick people om others.

I am aware of two mastream texts that dare to nsir homosexualy a staed, rpectful and pastoral manner. 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. The Metropolan of Glyfada, Antons, claims that he was unaware of all of the tails regardg the Greek Orthodox baptism that Archbishop of Ameri Elpidophoros nducted for the children of a gay uple on Saturday.

GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH PROTTS BAPTISM OF CELEBRY GAY COUPLE’S CHILDREN

Metropolan of Glyfada claims he did not know parents of children were gay rponse to uproar over Greek Orthodox baptism. The Metropolan claims that Archbishop Elpidophoros did not rm him that the parents of the children were a gay uple when he requted permissn to baptize the children a msage to the Holy Synod.

“FIRST OPENLY GAY BAPTISM THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH”

In the midst of the ongog sndal volvg the Archbishop’s plans to nsecrate a ocked former prit as a bishop for the Greek Orthodox Archdce of Ameri, which other hierarchs have characterized as a ser threat to Orthodox uny Ameri, the GOARCH head has ma headl by baptizg the children of a gay celebry uple. The parents and relativ are praisg the Archbishop for servg the “first openly gay baptism” the Greek Church.

Photo: Bois praised the Archbishop for his progrsive stance of “love wh no judgment” and for servg what he says is the “first openly gay baptism” the Greek Church: Instagram Bois’ brother Gee hailed the event as somethg signifint for the entire Greek Orthodox Church. ” Facebook In an terview wh Vogue last June, Bois spoke about wantg to normalize the ia of gay fai wh children, sayg: “Hopefully thgs will change, the way gay upl are looked at havg a fay.

” His “hband, ” Dundas, add that he don’t unrstand why a church agency should be allowed to refe to give foster children to homosexual upl: What I don’t get about the Supreme Court lg [that a Catholic social servic agency Philalphia uld refe to work wh same-sex upl who apply to take foster children], what is the purpose?

METROPOLAN OF GLYFADA CLAIMS HE WAS UNAWARE OF GAY BAPTISM

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. ” Siarly, the Assembly of Canonil Orthodox Bishops of the Uned Stat, clar, “Like adultery and fornitn, homosexual acts are nmned by Scripture. 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. Life is not equal to md, life is an irratnal and a very chaotic thg, and if the bastards ever sign a homo sapiens, I mean, turn a man to a robot — this will be the end of history. Athos issued a statement today rponse to the ternatnal sndal surroundg Archbishop Elpidophoros’ celebratn of a very public Baptism for the children of a celebry gay uple.

ABP. ELPIDOPHOROS PRAISED FOR SERVG “FIRST OPENLY GAY BAPTISM”

Perhaps you know that, acrdg to tradnal Orthodox teachg, homosexual activy is a s like adultery, fornitn, and other acts of sexual impury. 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.

CHURCH OF GREECE PROTTS BAPTISM OF CHILDREN OF GAY COUPLE

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). Evangelos Bois and Peter Dundas beme the first gay uple to hold a Greek Orthodox Baptism for their children Greece on July 11th. The Church of Greece’s hight erng body is formally prottg the recent baptism of the children of a same-sex uple Athens, an ocsn that marked the first time a gay uple held a Greek Orthodox baptism for their children Greece.

BIG STORY? AMERIN (AT THIS POT) ARCHBISHOP BAPTIS FAMO GAY UPLE'S CHILDREN GREECE

But the Human Rights Campaign on s webse noted that “the Greek Orthodox Archdce lists homosexualy bi fornitn, adultery, abortn and abive sexual behavr as ‘immoral and appropriate forms of behavr and of themselv…bee they [also] attack the stutn of marriage and the fay. ” See: that md, let’s look at the story that ran wh this headle: “First Greek Orthodox Baptism for Child of Gay Couple Greece.

FIRST GREEK ORTHODOX BAPTISM FOR CHILD OF GAY COUPLE GREECE – MAY GOD JUDGE THEM ALL FOR THEIR VILE WICKEDNESS!!!

” Here is the whole story om Greece:Evanggelos Bois and Peter Dundas, both of Greek scent, beme the first gay uple to hold a Greek Orthodox Baptism for their children Greece. Here is a large chunk of a plited Nick Stamatakis post at Hellenispe entled “Has AB Elpidophoros Jt Legimized Gay Marriage Through Baptism? Neher the Catholic nor the Orthodox Church regniz gay marriage — and there are statements by the Pope and by the Assembly of Orthodox Bishops Ameri.

And so our photos, you will notice that next to the gay uple, the kids, Elpidophoros, the godparents the surrogate mother was there Athens.

This is a very thorny issue for Orthodoxy and Catholicism: If gay marriage is not allowed, would the parents teach that to the baptized child? Furthermore, our se, you will see that the two gay parents, Peter Dundas and Ev Bois, are openly agast the teachgs of the Church and are nsirg their choic a matter of progrs. Addnally, the lk we provid, many Catholic pastors were worried that if such a requirement was not there then the baptism would bee a vehicle for the (direct) regnn of gay marriage.

THE GAY ORTHODOX UNRGROUND

Hence, the qutns that should be addrsed on the issue of the “children” of homosexuals aren’t foced on the children but rather the adults surroundg them. If “acquirg” children by homosexuals or by those who reject wedlock isn’t accepted, don’t baptizg the children legalize the rejected behavrs?

FIRST GAY COUPLE TO BAPTISE THEIR CHILDREN GREECE PRID BY ARCHBISHOP ELPIDOPHOROS

Today’s societi spend billns on weapons and stctn whout mercy, but they succumb when homosexuals and perverts claim they’re opprsed, only to enforce another opprsn on those who refe to subm to the whims of the homosexuals. There is no official membership, and only a handful of people are willg to put their nam on support-group Ashkazy, a gay-rights activist and Orthodox Jew who liv New York Cy, says he has spoken wh over 200 gay Orthodox Jews over the past few years. Filmmaker Sandi DuBowski, who produced and directed Tremblg Before G-d, terviewed hundreds of gay um (observant) Jews over the past few years for his movie.

Open and Secret Support Groups In the New York area, home to the largt ncentratn of gay Orthodox Jews, at least four support groups have spng up to meet their needs. ’" The three founrs of the Gay and Lbian Yhiva Day School Alumni Associatn chose that name specifilly to attract a gay group wh an Orthodox background.

The first Wt Coast support group was found Los Angel by "Jab, " a 54-year-old Orthodox gay Jew who had been married and livg a New York suburb until ten years ago, when he nfsed to his wife that he was gay. He started attendg an Orthodox synagogue, but was treated as a send-class member (he did not receive aliyot [he was not lled up to the Torah], for example) bee he was gay. The issu for Orthodox lbians are different than for Orthodox gay men, part bee the Torah do not specifilly prohib lbian sex.

GREECE: BAPTISM OF THE CHILDREN OF A GAY COUPLE DIVIS THE ORTHODOX

For a long time, he says, "people uldn’t nceive that was possible to be gay and um, so they were leavg [Orthodoxy] drov. "The Liv They LiveMany gay Orthodox Jews attempt to ignore their sexual impuls, perhaps even marryg and raisg fai. And then there are those who lead fully gay liv, ignorg the halakhic [Jewish legal] ban on gay sex.

Ovadia attends Ashkazy’s support group for gay Orthodox men, and says he enjoys the mararie. Richard Isay, a gay New York-based psychoanalyst, timat that 15 to 20 percent of gay men marry women–bee they want to ny or "cure" their gayns, or want children, or to please their parents.