There is a new political party in Greece called NIKI, meaning victory. It is led by a Greek Orthodox theologian turned politician Dimitris Natsios. This looks like an interesting party.
The party is new and will not win the coming elections. But it is possible for the party to enter parliament if it can get three percent of the national vote. The party is already being criticized.
Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens has criticized the party. Metropolitan Ignatios of Demetriada has said the church should unite people and not be partisan. Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis has said likewise.
Technically yes, the Church should not be politicized. However, the Greek Churches have demonstrated they are politicized by recognizing the pseudo church in Ukraine at the behest of American officials. The failure of the Greek Churches to condemn the persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church demonstrates how the Church has been politicized.
Mitsotakis has no business discussing Orthodoxy considering his government’s failure to recognize American interference in the affairs of the Greek Churches. Archbishop Elpidophoros of America gave a speech to American intelligence agencies criticizing the Russian Church.
Spare us this talk of politicizing Orthodoxy. Here is hoping the NIKI party enters the Greek parliament. The party espouses Greek patriotism and Orthodoxy. Also family values. The value system that gave birth to the Greek War of Independence.
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NIKI won 3.7% of the votes and claimed 10 seats in the new Government. The election was a repudiation of the Left-SYRIZA lost seats and PASOK underperformed as well. ND should have an easy time forming a government, they’re starting with near 41% of the vote and other Right wing parties hold 12-13%. The good thing is ND needs NIKI to achieve a Majority, they can’t do it with only ‘Spartans’ and ‘Hellenic Solution’ parties. That puts NIKI into the drivers seat to some extent, it’s going to be interesting watching the coalition forming discussions.