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http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-02-14/greece-earthquake/53086202/1

Magnitude 5.1 quake rattles Greece  [including Athos]
 
Updated 2h 43m ago
 
ATHENS, Greece (AP)–Greek authorities say an earthquake with preliminary
magnitude of 5.1 has struck the north of the country. No injuries or damage were
immediately reported.

The Athens Geodynamic Institute says the undersea earthquake occurred at 3:34
a.m. Tuesday 151 miles north of the Greek capital, Athens, off the coast of the
northern peninsula of the Athos monastic community. The United States Geological
Survey gave the preliminary magnitude as 5.3. It is common for magnitudes given
by different seismological centers to vary.
 
Greece is in one of the world's seismically active areas, with hundreds of
quakes occurring each year. The vast majority cause no injuries
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Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Messinia resigned from all positions in protest
of
the position of the Synod of the Orthodox Church of Greece 
 
14.02.2012 15:14 ...  Source: Sedmitsa.Ru

ATHENS. February 13,
Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Messinia submitted to the Holy Synod of the
Orthodox
Church of Greece his resignation from all positions on Synod committees and as
the Greek Church's representative to the forum Churches in Europe, the
World Council of Churches and all  ecumenical dialogues. Об этом
сообщили
агентства «Амен» и «Ромфея». This was reported by the 
"Amen" and
"Romfea" agencies.
 
The bishop made this gesture in
protest against the Holy Synod's public statements of support of Vatopedi's
Igumen Ephraim. Immediately after this statement,
Metropolitan Chrysostomos expressed harsh criticism of the Synod, claiming that
this body, consisting of 12 persons and the Archbishop has no right to speak on
behalf of the whole Church.
 
On February 6 at
the time of the solemn meeting on the day of the Holy Patriarch Photios of
Constantinople, Metropolitan Chrysostomos in his speech in the monastery of once
again made negative statements about the Holy Synod,
but was harshly stopped by Metropolitan Pavlos of Glyfada.
The resignation of Metropolitan Chrysostomos will be considered at an
extraordinary meeting of the Holy Synod on February 17..

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