† 2014
Nikolaos Sotiropoulos
Νικόλαος Σωτηρόπουλος
Lay theologian, biblical expositor and preacher
A Greek Orthodox lay theologian known for direct scriptural preaching, polemics against ecumenism, and decades of public lectures.
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Confessors
Bishops, priests, monks and lay voices who publicly defended Orthodox teaching in the modern age. Read their actual words, acts and historical circumstances.
Here, “confessors” is the name of a historical study collection. It is not an announcement of sainthood or an ecclesiastical ruling. Some of these figures faced formal discipline, others faced public opposition, and some are included for their published theological witness. The biographies explain the difference.
1907–2010
Metropolitan Augoustinos Kantiotes of Florina
Μητροπολίτης Αὐγουστῖνος Καντιώτης
Orthodox bishop, Metropolitan of Florina, Prespes and Eordaia
A widely known Greek Orthodox preacher and metropolitan who opposed ecumenism, spoke publicly on Orthodox tradition, and helped lead the anti-ecumenist movement of his period.
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Geronda Savvas Lavriotis
Γέρων Σάββας Λαυριώτης
Athonite monk and public advocate of cessation of commemoration
An Athonite monastic figure who practises apoteichisis and travels to meet Orthodox communities, working closely with Father Petros Christodoulou; their gatherings include Orthodox worship and Divine Liturgies.
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Father Petros Christodoulou
π. Πέτρος Χριστοδούλου
Priest in the apoteichisis movement; disputes his 2024 deposition by the Church of Cyprus
A Cypriot priest who continues in apoteichisis after ceasing episcopal commemoration and works with Geronda Savvas Lavriotis, travelling to Orthodox gatherings associated with prayer, teaching and Divine Liturgies.
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Photios Kontoglou
Φώτης Κόντογλου
Lay writer, iconographer and defender of Orthodox tradition
A major twentieth-century iconographer and writer whose public defense of Orthodox spiritual and artistic tradition included sharp criticism of modern ecumenism.
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Elder Philotheos Zervakos
Γέρων Φιλόθεος Ζερβάκος
Archimandrite, elder of Longovarda Monastery, Paros
An influential Greek monastic elder who warned against ecclesiastical innovations and the division that calendar reform could produce.
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Archimandrite Charalambos Vasilopoulos
Ἀρχιμανδρίτης Χαράλαμπος Βασιλόπουλος
Priest, author and organizer of the Panhellenic Orthodox Union
A Greek priest and anti-ecumenist organizer associated with the Panhellenic Orthodox Union and the publication Orthodoxos Typos.
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