Mitsotakis tells Ieronymos gov't will halt changes to church-state relations

Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis assured Archbishop Ieronymos on Tuesday that his government will not push through with changes in the Articles 3 and 13 of the Constitution, which determine relations between the Church and the State.

"I look forward to a very substantial cooperation with you. There are many issues that we need to address, but always in good faith and by respecting the constitutional requirements of Articles 3 and 13 of the Constitution, for which, as I have already informed you, there will be no changes in the constitutional revision," he told the Archbishop in brief comments in front of the cameras at Maximos Mansion.

Furthermore, plans concerning religion education classes and contested assets will go back to the drawing board.

The previous leftist government of Alexis Tsipras initiated a procedure in 2018 to amend the Constitution...