The chief secretary of the Holy Synod and "in secret" of the Archbishop is estimated to be easily elected to the position of the Metropolitan of Thessaloniki– Which more elderly Metropolitans are being pressured to resign?!!
The resignation Anthimou in Thessaloniki, with a large background due to a financial scandal under investigation but also a product of pressure as for health reasons he was unable to respond to his duties, already opens the issue of succession in one of the most important Metropolises of the country.
Church circles, with great experience in the interior of the Hierarchy, however, although they estimate that it will be given succession battle, they consider that since the Archbishop is personally interested, the correlations are given and the result should be considered to have been decided!!
Successor to Anthimos should be considered the bishop of Oreon Filotheos, chief secretary of the Holy Synod and "in secret" of the Archbishop. In contrast to Anthimos, who was born in 1934 and was elected Metropolitan for the first time 1974 (Alexandroupolis initially, in Thessaloniki he took over 2004).
Oreon Philotheus, by world Theoharis Theoharis, was born in Chalkida on 1977, is, that is, for the data of the Hellenic Church, youth!!
Oreon Philotheus
The Archbishop, anyway, will insist on the replacement of other very old Metropolitans, some of which have no contact with the environment, with the result that others rule instead of them, usually circuits that spin the finances and property of the Metropolises!!
Three more resignations of Metropolitans
According to the information, the next period the metropolitans of Mithymni Chrysostomos will be forced to submit their resignations, Paramythias Titos and Florinis Theoklitos– is a common secret in the Church that one of them has no contact with the environment for a long time. If they do not submit them, the Committee for the Elderly Metropolitans will undertake to examine the issue, the establishment of which was recently decided by the Holy Synod.
It should be noted that the Metropolitans of Mithymni Chrysostomos, Paramythias Titos and Florinis Theoklitos are not the only ones facing old age or health problems, but they are judged to be the ones facing the biggest problems.
It is estimated that after ... the International Holy Synod unravels (ΔΙΣ) with the above, other super-elderly Metropolitans will take their turn - more "hard nuts"!