The meeting that the president of SYRIZA-PS, Stefanos Kasselakis, had with the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, Mr. Ieronymos, ended a while ago. As reported by ERT, this is the first meeting of Mr. Kasselakis with the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, Mr. Ieronymos after assuming his duties as president of SYRIZA and it is taking place in the wake of the decision and announcement of the Holy Synod on the bill for same-sex couples.

During their statements in front of the cameras, Mr. Kasselakis emphasized that it is an unprecedented situation to be president from the diaspora, adding that he is running many practical issues and the feeling is very good and it is his pleasure to promote his positions and ideals Hellenism.
For his part, Mr. Hieronymos said that he saw him at the Patriarchate “which is the heart of all of us, perhaps also the hopes of all of us” and “with particular emotion I watched the ceremony of the Consecration of the waters in Fanari”.

Also, the Archbishop mentioned that he contacted the Patriarch, who told him that he too was very pleased.