Metropolitan Antonios of Glyfada released a public statement indicating that he was deceived by Abp. Elpidophoros regarding the kind of baptism that was going to be performed in his church in Greece. Elpidophoros failed to mention he was going to baptize surrogate children of “married” homosexuals in order to get Metropolitan Antonios’ approval.
As reported by Helleniscope from an “Espresso” interview with Metropolitan Antonios of Glyfada:
“The Archbishop sent me a document, asking me for permission to baptize the two children of the Busis expatriate family of Chicago. In this letter he did not give me any other information, therefore I considered that it was a baptism like all the others, and so I gave him, as I owed, the permission” stated Metropolitan Antonios and added: “I was informed by the rest by the priests in this Church late on Saturday afternoon, after the sacrament had taken place. Elpidophoros never contacted me again.”
As the Metropolitan explained exclusively to “Espresso”, if he had been informed in time, he would have contacted the Holy Synod in order to handle the issue.
“We should have known before the sacrament that the parents are gay. From then on, it would be up to the Holy Synod to decide what would happen and whether they would be allowed to baptize their children here. The Church cannot refuse two children to be baptized, but the sacrament should at least be done with due respect and humility. Without publicity and lights. This whole projection was not good,” he concluded.
Provided below is Metropolitan Antonios’ official letter to the Greek Holy Synod. It was translated into English for everyone to read. Metropolitan Antonios clearly states that he was deceived by Elpidophoros.
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HT: Byzantine, TX.
