“The components of the institution of the family are directly linked to the distinct standards of the father and the mother,” the announcement states.
The Holy Provincial Synod of the Church of Creteaccording to the Holy Gospel, the Holy Tradition and the Holy Canons, which determine the teaching of the Orthodox Church, with reference to the subject under discussion of the so-called “marriage” between persons of the same sex, states the following:
The wedding for her Orthodox Church it is a sacred mystery, as a psychosomatic union between a man and a woman, for the purpose of their sanctification, and it goes back to the relationship between Christ and the Church. “This great mystery is, I say to Christ and to the church” (Eph. 5,32).
The components of the institution of the family are directly linked to the distinct standards of the father and the mother, as confirmed by the divine commandment “Honor your father and your mother” (Exodus 20, 12) and, according to this, the child has a reference to them. Any neutral determination of their relationships catalyzes the natural institution of the family, highlighting new social institutions in the name of a unilateral and minority “entitlement”.
The call for equality in heterosexual and same-sex marriage, and by extension the same right to procreation, ignores the fundamental rights of children to be raised and formed in a family environment, which does not cause confusion as to parental identity.
The alleged argument that the institutionalization of civil marriage for same-sex couples and the self-righteous institutionalization of the right to procreation, is imposed either by a supranational valid Treaties and Charters, either by Union Law, or from the current Constitution of Greece. That is why it is up to each State, according to its cultural and social identity and its culture of values, to legislate or not freely on this issue. And this is observed in the countries of the European Union, where there is no homogeneous regulation, but in the context of multiculturalism there are strong differences. Understandably, however, it raises questions, because many supporters of same-sex “marriage” invoke Western European values ​​and European institutions, when in most other cases they blast them.
The Orthodox Church expresses its timeless truth, which is not shaped by current conditions. He respects the person and the choices of each person and does not reject anyone. This, however, does not mean that any entitlement and any social phenomenon must be recognized as an institution.
The only ones competent to legislate are the Government and the Parliament of the Greeks. However, the Church, like every citizen, has the constitutional right to freely express their position”, states a statement of the Holy Provincial Synod of the Church of Crete.
Source: Skai
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