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120 THE GREEKS IN AMERICAgations constituted as corporate bodies and holdingproperty in accordance with the laws of the UnitedStates. Ultimately there will doubtless be an IndependentGreek Orthodox Church of America as invarious patriarchates, and the national churches ofGreece, Rumania, etc.Pending further settlement of the organization ofthe churches. Archbishop Meletios left Bishop AlexanderEodostolou as delegate of the Holy Synod ofGreece, to supervise the Greek churches in Aonerica.The office of the delegation is at 140 E. 72nd Street,New York. He has visited various Greek communitiesand is completing plans for the better organizationof the work.The priests of the churches at New York under thepresidency of Bishop Eodostolou constitute thesacred court which acts in all cases of discipline, divorce,etc.Politics and churches.—^Politics continue to havetheir factional influence even in ecclesiastical matters.The leaders of the Royalists, or the ConstantineParty, characterized the delegation as Venizelistand tried to divide the churches on political grounds.In general, however the communities were united inacknowledging and respecting the authority of thedelegation, in spite of the political views of the individuals,priests, or layman until June, 1921. Thefall of Venizelos on Nov. 14, 1920 had far reachingconsequences in the church both in Greeceand America. The revolutionary government ofVenizelos started at Salonica in 1917. The HolySynod of Greece under the presidency of MetropolitanTheocletos, at the instigation of the Court anathematizedVenizelos, not for any spiritual offenseor heresy but to discredit him and his act in the eyesof the people. After the exile of Constantine toSwitzerland, Venizelos returned to Athens. A specialecclesiastical council of bishops, including those
THE GREEKS IN AMERICA 121of the new Grecian territories, under the presidencyof archbishop Gennadios, Metropolitan of Salonica,found Theocletos and some of his associates guiltyin the matter of the anathema, unfrocked them andsent them to monasteries in Crete and elsewhere.Later Archbishop Meletios Metaxakis, Metropolitanof Kition, Cyprus, a Cretan, was called to Athensas Metropolitan and Primate of Greece. On Venizelos'fall (Nov. 1920) the new Greek Governmentasked Archbishop Meletios to vacate his palace andseat claiming his appointment was null and void.He yielded, protesting against the interference of thestate in affairs of the church, and claiming to be thelawful Metropolitan of Athens. The government restoredTheocletos to the Metropolitan throne, ignoringthe former action of the ecclesiastical council.Bishop Alexander Eodostolou in America refused torecognize the authority of the Synod and Metropolitan,as they were still under ecclesiastical discipline.The Synod charged him with disloyalty and summonedhim to Greece. He refused to obey, sayinghe would acknowledge fealty only to the Patriarchof Constantinople, the highest authority in thechurch. The Synod then appointed Germanos Trojanos,bishop of Sparta and Monemvasia, as SynodicalExarch in North and South America. Hereached New York in June, 1921. His office is at 12W. 76th Street, New York City. A part of thepriests and communities acknowledge Rodostolouand a part Trojanos as bishop. Each claims amajority. In December, 1921 a majority acknowledgedBishop Rodostolou. The breach widens,churches and communities are divided and the effectis depressing on the spiritual life of the church. InApril, 1921, Archbishop Meletios came to America.He supported Rodostolou. The patriarchate at Constantinoplerecognized him as head of the^ GreekChurch in America and refused to recognize the
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