Archbishop Ieronymos / Archbishop Hieronymos suggests - indirectly- referendum on same-sex marriage.
particularly, in his statements during the opening ceremony of the 2nd Primary School of Nea Makri, he said initially: "There was a meeting with the prime minister, but it was about another matter, for real estate, on Tuesday when we meet you will hear the official position of the church".
"The church will not take up arms"
"The church will not take up arms, what kind of society do we want?;" he said, while answering a related question he noted "a referendum could also be held".
Specifically, stated the following:
"The hierarchy will meet after two or three days and there the opinion of the Church will be heard, officially. In such matters neither the Archbishop nor the prime minister himself can take a position, just his will and his course.
In the end is the world, our people. If our people want to do this, they will do it - if they don't want to, no. The flock does not want to come down, must be informed. To know what we ask for and why we ask for it and who makes us ask for it. This is what the world needs to understand and see what the children who will come will be like.
How will I live in a family that will have two dads, two moms; How will he wake up in the morning in the house and what will he see around him; And a society that is created anew, we do not reject it. We see trends in that direction. In such a society everyone has the right to pervert it and do with it as they wish; And the rest of us have no right to say that we don't like this thing;
(…) It is a matter of society, the church will not take up arms, to do anything. But he has a duty to inform the world. And each one of us should not think about such big issues what the right will say, what will the left say?, what does a centrist faction mean?.
He thinks about what kind of society we want and what kind of family".