Greek Orthodox Community of Milton Keynes and Surrounding District

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£63,549 latest income

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2 (I) TO PRESERVE AND PROPAGATE THE CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX FAITH AND TRADITIONS WITHIN MILTON KEYNES AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS AS CONTAINED IN HOLY SCRIPTURE AND PRACTISED IN THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH(II) TO ESTABLISH CHURCHES FOR THE WORSHIP OF THE TRIUNE GOD AND SCHOOLS FOR THE TEACHING OF GREEK ORTHODOX EDUCATION, LANGUAGE AND CULTURE.(III) TO UNDERTAKE, THROUGH VISITS TO HOSPITALS, PRISONS, HOMES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS, PHILANTHROPIC WORK FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO NEED PROTECTION, ASSISTANCE AND MEDICAL CARE, TO PROVIDE FOR THE WELFARE OF THE POOR AND FOR THE BURIAL OF THOSE GREEKS WHO PASS AWAY WITHOUT FINANCIAL MEANS.(IV) TO RECEIVE INTO THE ORTHODOX FAITH, BY BAPTISM OR CHRISMATION, ALL THOSE WHO FREELY DECIDE AND SINCERELY DESIRE TO ADOPT THE ORTHODOX FAITH, AND TO LIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS SPIRITUAL AND MORAL TEACHING.(V) TO PRESERVE THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT IN DIVINE WORSHIP AND IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL LIFE OF THE FAITHFUL, AND TO MINISTER TO THE PEOPLE THROUGH CANONICAL SERVICES CONDUCTED ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF THE GREAT CHURCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE BY CANONICAL PRIESTS, AND THROUGH SERMONS, TRANSLATIONS AND THROUGH CATECHISM AND GREEK LANGUAGE SCHOOLS.(VI) TO EMBRACE OTHER CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX WHO HAVE NO PLACE OF WORSHIP IN THE AREA.(VII) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GREEK LANGUAGE AND CULTURE.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 2 AUGUST 2008 AS AMENDED 24 SEPTEMBER 2006

Trustees (4)

• Archbishop Nikitas Lioulias Chair since 2019
• Anne Elizabeth Anthi
• Christos Tzallas
• Despina Kiryakica Beales

Connected charities (18)

• Sts. Barbara, Phanourius and Paul the Apostle Greek Orthodox Church 1 shared trustee
• The Greek Orthodox Community of Holy Anargyri Trust 1 shared trustee
• Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain 1 shared trustee
• ST Nicholas Greek Orthodox Educational Centre 1 shared trustee
• Greek Orthodox Community of ST George the Martyr 1 shared trustee
• ST Barnabas Greek Orthodox Community Fund 1 shared trustee
• Greek Orthodox Community of Bristol 1 shared trustee
• ST John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Trust 1 shared trustee
• Greek Orthodox Community of Weston-Super-Mare 1 shared trustee
• Greek Orthodox Community of Birmingham 1 shared trustee
• Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Community Trust 1 shared trustee
• Greek Orthodox Community of ST Constantine and ST Helen 1 shared trustee
• The Greek Orthodox Community of Coventry 1 shared trustee
• The Greek Orthodox Community - the Twelve Apostles (Hertfordshire) 1 shared trustee
• Greek Orthodox Community of ST Katherine 1 shared trustee
• Ecclesiastical and Theological Seminary of the Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain 1 shared trustee
• The Greek Orthodox Community of ST John Chrysostom in Cheltenham and Environs 1 shared trustee
• The Greek Orthodox Community the Twelve Apostles Hertfordshire Trust 1 shared trustee