GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH
(See also Eastern Orthodox Church)
attitude toward—
military service: w99 2/1 18; yb94 99
booklet showing contrast of view between Paul and Plato: w92 5/15 9
clergy:
bless soldiers in Kosovo war (1999): g02 5/8 21
fight with Armenian priests over Church of Nativity (Bethlehem): g87 11/8 29-30
involvement in World War II: g88 6/22 20
Cyprus:
theologian befriends Bible Students: yb95 70, 74
division: g96 1/8 15-18
experiences:
disillusioned during search for truth: g94 6/22 21-22
husband questions theologian: w98 11/1 22-23
icon worshipper: w02 7/1 6
opposed in-laws won over: yb97 58
priest accepts truth: yb94 92
priest encourages Witnesses: w98 9/1 29
priest picks a quarrel: g94 6/22 20
priest recommends truth to offspring: w95 2/1 8
search for truth since childhood: w01 6/1 11
theologian sides with tradition: yb95 81-82
icons: g94 6/22 21-22
letter and reply on Awake! article: g97 3/8 30
loss of control of estates and investments: re 229
modern Greek tried: g05 10/22 29
opposition to Witnesses: jv 380, 669; w88 10/1 31; yb87 47; w86 12/1 3-7; g86 10/22 29-31
accuse of heresy: yb95 83
“antiheretic” year: yb94 100, 107
attempt to arrest: yb94 84-85
attempt to baptize children by force: yb94 99-100
attempt to disrupt assemblies: yb95 86-88
attempt to impede literature distribution: yb94 86, 95
attempt to instigate breach of contract: yb95 82
attempt to ostracize: g94 6/22 23-24
attempt to prevent branch construction: yb95 108-109
backfires: yb95 79-81
blocks use of stadium: g88 11/22 9-11
court actions: w96 9/1 27; yb94 107-108; w93 9/1 28-29
Crete court induced to deny legal status: w86 12/1 4-7; g86 10/22 31
demonstrations fizzle: yb94 104-105, 114
distribute leaflets: yb95 83, 85
efforts to undermine work in Cyprus fail: w88 3/1 7
hire killer: yb94 93-94
incite authorities: g97 3/22 14
incite bombing: yb95 92-93
incite cancellation of meeting: yb94 84
incite expulsion from communities: yb95 88
incite mobs: yb94 105-106
instigate breach of contract: yb94 106
interrupt Russell’s talk: yb94 75
lead mobs: yb95 86-89
murder: w96 9/1 25, 27-28
Nazi era: jv 450
‘not a known religion’: w00 4/1 20-21
priest beats Witnesses, then brings them to court: yb94 83-84
publish encyclical: yb95 79-80
support execution for neutrality: yb94 99
political involvement: yb94 70
priest arrested for bribery and tax evasion: g88 11/22 29
relationship to Eastern Orthodox Church: yb94 70
tradition held equal to Scripture: w01 4/15 17
Trinity: ti 3
comments in court case: w88 6/1 10-11
veneration of “saints”: w97 2/15 25-29