Metropolitan Dorotheos: The… devil gatherings and the conflict with the mayor of Tinos

The Holy Synod condemns the event and "nails" the mayor

"The Mayor of Tinos had it "set up" by the Metropolitan", claims a close associate of His Eminence – "He was trying to turn all the believers against him", ……..

he adds speaking to protothema.gr

Endless rivalry with the fate of the Panhellenic Holy Foundation of Evangelistria Tinos at its peak. Against the background of the episodic Sunday and the disapproval of the gathered crowd against the Metropolitan of Syros and Tinos and Dorotheos and with heavy characterizations on his person, it seems that an unprecedented conflict between the Metropolitan and the Mayor of the island is beginning and is being revealed. According to a person close to the Metropolitan, the mayor throughout this period organized... "devil meetings" with the aim of turning the faithful against Metropolitan Dorotheos, reaching the point where he received a verbal attack upon his arrival at the precincts of the island's church.

"You are unworthy", "get out of here", "You are not wanted", "Shame on you"... These are just some of the phrases that the Metropolitan of Syros heard in the verbal episode that took place outside the Holy Church of Evangelistria of Tinos where he was in order to vote for the selection of the new Board of Directors. of the Panhellenic Sacred Foundation of Evangelists of Tinos

protothema.gr contacted a close associate of his who speaks for the first time about everything that happened that day, for the background of this "set-up" as he typically says attack on Metropolitan Dorotheos, about how he reacted when he received verbal insults and smears from the crowd gathered in the area, but also about the "devil gatherings" that the Mayor of the island set up in the last period of time in order to turn the crowd of Christians against the Metropolitan.

According to what is clarified by the Holy Synod which took an official position on the matter "what happened is due to the reactions of local interest groups to the fact that the Metropolitan of Syros and Tinos "obtained the right to vote together with the other members of the Steering Committee for the selection of the Vice President and Secretary General of P.I.E.T., something that was not foreseen until now".

The Metropolitan's entourage notes that all those who were gathered in the precincts of the temple were directed by the mayor of Tinos, Mr.. Simos Orfanos whom he considers responsible for the gathering of the protest and its development. "The mayor claimed that he was the one who safely led Metropolitan Dorotheos out of the precinct of the church of Evangelistria, protecting him from the denunciations. Such a thing is untrue, he may have done so, but his purpose was to expose to the multitude present the Reverence to whom he had set it.", will support the Metropolitan environment.

The close associate of Mr. Dorotheou specifically tells protothema.gr: "The mayor has been methodically setting up his own plan for a long time in order to succeed in dynamiting the atmosphere by succeeding in destroying the Metropolitan by constantly slandering him and trying to fanatize the faithful that his property is allegedly in danger of being lost."

Such a thing, of course, was due to the fact that he could not reconcile with the fact that the supervision and the Presidency are held by His Excellency, which allows him to have the first say in the proposals for the appointment of people who will make up the Board of Directors.

It is obvious that the mayor felt that he was losing a significant part of his authority, as in this way he would not be able to control the situation there, nor of course be able to promote to staff positions in the Board of Directors. people from his own environment who supported him or whom he hoped would support him again in the elections.

He had to find a way to turn everyone against the Metropolitan so that it would appear in the eyes of the faithful that he is a threat", will say the close associate of the Metropolitan and will note that the mayor played a well-prepared game since on the specific day of the incidents he was willing to accompany the Metropolitan to the office where the elections for the appointment of the Board of Directors would be held. as if nothing had happened.

A little later, however, the scene would resemble a war zone. "The Panosiologiotatos could not believe his ears with all that he heard from believers. Curses, profanity, in logic you are unworthy, shame on you, get out of here, you are for spitting but also smudges on his face. In fact, he managed all this with absolute calmness and proceeded inside to vote as if nothing had happened and without even the slightest hint of his displeasure and distress over all that had happened".

"Nails" the Mayor of Tinos and the Holy Synod
At the same time, the Holy Synod, the highest ecclesiastical body of the Church of Greece, apparently supports the Metropolitan Dorotheos of Syros and Tinos. In the text of the announcement that was published yesterday, it is pointed out that the Mayor of Tinos bears a significant share of the responsibility for the insults received by the Metropolitan.

In fact, he does not dwell only on what happened on Sunday, but "nails" the mayor of Tinos, accusing him of allowing Roman Catholics of Tinos to participate "as if they did not have to in the decisions of the Municipal Council, as well as in organized actions under the leadership of the Mayor".

Expressing, in fact, its determination and its full coverage to Metropolitan Dorotheos, the Holy Synod emphatically emphasizes that "it will not allow to abolish the unique right of the Church's presence in the administration of the Holy Foundation of Tinos" ending in its announcement with the meaning that "Holy Temples and holy icons are respects of the Orthodox Faith and not municipal enterprises".

Specifically, according to the announcement, it is noted that: "The Venerable Metropolitan of Syros and Tinos received physical violence, insults and threats from the assembled crowd, who had been invited there by the Mayor of Tinos.

The scenes, which spread nationwide, they did not in any way refer to the forecourt of an Orthodox Church. Some on the island of Tinos do not seem to realize that with these images the reverence of all Orthodox Christian Greeks is insulted, the very prestige of the Holy Institution of their island is exposed and affected.

In addition, the Holy Synod notes with wonder that recently the Roman Catholics of Tinos, Municipal Councilors and citizens, participate, as they did not owe, in decisions of the Municipal Council, as well as in organized actions under the leadership of the Mayor regarding issues of the Foundation of Panagia Tinos, ignoring that it is a religious matter, orthodox Holy Institution and not for a municipal Institution".
Source: protothema.gr
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