Old Calendarist movement in Greece

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:religious_organization
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Genuine Orthodox Christians
gptkbp:centralTo gptkb:Athens
gptkb:Piraeus
gptkb:Thessaloniki
gptkbp:coreBelief preservation of traditional liturgical calendar
gptkbp:country gptkb:Greece
gptkbp:followedBy several hundred thousand (estimates vary)
gptkbp:foundedIn 1924
gptkbp:hasSubgroup gptkb:Holy_Synod_in_Resistance
gptkb:Florinite_Synod
gptkb:Matthewite_Synod
Greek Old Calendarist Synod
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Old Calendarist movement in Greece
gptkbp:language gptkb:Greek
gptkbp:notableEvent formation of parallel hierarchy
multiple schisms and reunifications
persecution by state authorities in 1920s-1930s
schism of 1924
gptkbp:notableLeader Archbishop Chrysostomos of Florina
Archbishop Matthew of Bresthena
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Church_of_Greece
adoption of Gregorian calendar reforms
gptkbp:reasonForFormation opposition to adoption of Revised Julian calendar
gptkbp:relatedTo Old Calendarist movement in Bulgaria
Old Calendarist movement in Romania
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Eastern_Orthodoxy
gptkbp:separates gptkb:Church_of_Greece
gptkbp:status not in communion with mainstream Eastern Orthodox Churches
gptkbp:usesCalendar gptkb:Julian_calendar
gptkbp:website https://www.genuineorthodoxchurch.com/
gptkbp:worshipStyle gptkb:Byzantine_Rite
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Chrysostomos_II_of_Athens
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7