Protestants in
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders ...
, including the
Greek Evangelical Church and
Free Evangelical Churches, stand at about 30,000.
,
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel
The Foursquare Church is an Evangelical Pentecostal Christian denomination founded in 1923 by preacher Aimee Semple McPherson. The headquarters are in Los Angeles, California, United States.
History
The church has its origins in a vision of ...
and other
Pentecostal
Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement churches of the
Greek Synod of Apostolic Church has 12,000 members.
The independent
Free Apostolic Church of Pentecost is the biggest Protestant denomination in Greece with 120 churches.
Protestant/Evangelical missionaries were active in Greece since 1819, one of the first being
Jonas King Jonas King (born in Hawley, Massachusetts, 29 July 1792; died in Athens, Greece, 22 May 1869) was a Congregational clergyman from the United States who worked as a missionary, mainly in Greece. His activities in Greece were interrupted by a spell ...
. Today there is a sizeable Evangelical community in the city of
Katerini
Katerini ( el, Κατερίνη, ''Kateríni'', ) is a city and municipality in northern Greece, the capital city of Pieria regional unit in Central Macedonia, Greece. It lies on the Pierian plain, between Mt. Olympus and the Thermaikos Gulf, ...
.
Notable Greek Protestants
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Iacob Heraclid
Iacob Heraclid (or Eraclid; el, Ἰάκωβος Ἡρακλείδης; 1527 – November 5, 1563), born Basilicò and also known as Iacobus Heraclides, Heraclid Despotul, or Despot Vodă ("Despot the Voivode"), was a Greek Maltese soldier, adv ...
, soldier
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Michail Kalapothakis, theologian
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Martha Hooper Blackler Kalopothakes
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Loukas Papademos, former PM of Greece
References
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