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Second Hellenic Republic (1924-1935): 1933
*1931 [[w:Benaki Museum|Benaki Museum]] opens in Athens, housing Byzantine, Post-Byzantine, and Neo-Hellenic ecclesiastical and national art collections.
*1932 Death of Papa-[[Nicholas (Planas)]].
*1933 [[Church of Greece]] bans [[Freemasonry]], declaring that when one becomes a Mason (a member of Freemasonry) it is an act of [[apostasy]] from the Church and therefore, until that person [[Repentance|repents]], they can not attend the [[Eucharist|Holy Eucharistic]]. <ref name=OCIC>''[http://orthodoxinfo.com/ecumenism/masonry.aspx Freemasonry: Official Statement of the Church of Greece (1933)].'' Orthodox Christian Information Center. Retrieved: 2012-11-24.</ref><ref name=ZORZOS>Gregory Zorzos - Γρηγόρης Ζώρζος. ''[http://books.google.ca/books?id=HoRJ4o23A5cC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Secret Societies at revolution era 1821 in Greece - Μυστικές Εταιρείες 1821].'' Gregory Zorzos, 2009. p.77. ISBN 9781448625499</ref><ref group="note">"Orthodox Christians must disavow the Masonic movement and resign from it if they have joined it in ignorance of its goals. Pike, in his ''[[w:Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry|Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry]]'' tells us that "Every Masonic Lodge is a temple of religion; and its teachings are instruction in religion." (p. 213) "Masonry, around whose altars the Christian, the Hebrew, the Moslem, the Brahim, the followers of Confucius and Zoroaster, can assemble as brethren and unite in prayer to the one God who is above all the Baalism." (p. 226) "Masonry, like all religions, all the Mysteries, conceals its secrets from all except the Adepts and Sages or Elect and uses false explanations and interpretations of its symbols to mislead those who deserve only to be misled." (p. 105 )".</ref><ref group="note">{{el icon}} "Η Σύνοδος τής Ιεραρχίας ασχολήθηκε με το θέμα αυτό κατά την συνεδρία τής ''' ''7ης Οκτωβρίου 1933'' ''' και εξέδωσε ειδική «Πράξη» ('''Εκκλησία 48/1933, σ. 37-39'''). Το κείμενο αυτό κάνει λόγο περί «διεθνούς μυητικού οργανισμού» και «μυσταγωγικού συστήματος, όπερ υπομιμνήσκει τάς παλαιάς εθνικάς μυστηριακάς θρησκείας ή λατρείας, από των οποίων κατάγεται και των οποίων συνέχειαν και αναβίωσιν αποτελεί». Το κείμενο αναφέρεται σε μαρτυρίες μασονικών κειμένων και κατοχυρώνει τη θέση της «εκ των εν ταίς μυήσεσιν δρωμένων και τελουμένων».</ref>
*1935 [[Old Calendarists|Old Calendar]] schism, when three bishops declared their separation from the official [[Church of Greece]] stating that the calendar change was a schismatic act; Greek Old Calendarist groups maintain that they have not separated over a mere calendar, rather that the calendar is a symptom of what has been called ''"the pan-heresy of ecumenism;"'' Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, transformed [[Hagia Sophia (Constantinople)|Hagia Sophia]] into a museum.
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