Greek Freemasons and members of the Supreme Council for Greece threatened with excommunication from the Orthodox Church

Greek Freemasons and members of the Supreme Council for Greece threatened with excommunication from the Orthodox Church

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According to the Masonic Press Agency, the Archbishop and Metropolitan Seraphim of Piraeus attacked a the AASR Supreme Council for Greece, asking for the identity of the high ranking Greek Bishop which was initiated into the 18° Degree.

His Eminence Metropolitan Seraphim (Mentzelopoulos) of Piraeus accused the Supreme Council and its members of heresy, threatening the Sovereigns Grand Inspectors General with the excommunication from the Greek Orthodox Church.

In 2009 Metropolitan Seraphim was one of six bishops who signed the manifesto A Confession of Faith Against Ecumenism. In 2010 he asked Queen Elizabeth II to divest pop singer Sir Elton John of his knighthood for uttering blasphemy. The Metropolitan sent a letter to Queen Elizabeth II and the British Ambassador to Greece after Elton John said that Christ was a homosexual. In December 2010 he made strongly anti-Semitic remarks in a televised interview. Among the opinions expressed, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported that he said "that there is a conspiracy to enslave Greece and Christian Orthodoxy. He also accused international Zionism of trying to destroy the family unit by promoting one-parent families and same-sex marriages."