Governing document GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY OF PANAGIA CHRYSELEOUSA AND SAINT MARINA (STOKE ON TRENT)
Governing document
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CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 10 Aug 2023
Charitable objects
1. TO PRESERVE AND PROPAGATE THE CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX FAITH AND TRADITIONS AS CONTAINED IN HOLY SCRIPTURE, AS PRACTICED IN THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH, AS CONFIRMED BY THE ECUMENICAL AND LOCAL OUNCILS, AND AS INTERPRETED AND TAUGHT BY THE GREAT CHURCH OF CHRIST, THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE OF CONSTANTINOPLE. 2. TO PRESERVE THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT IN DIVINE WORSHIP AND IN ECCLESIATICAL 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 AND THROUGH CATECHISM AND GREEK LANGUAGE SCHOOLS. 3. TO ESTABLISH CHURCHES FOR THE WORSHIP OF THE TRIUNE GOD AND SCHOOLS FOR THE TEACHING OF GREEK ORTHODOX EDUCATION. 4. TO RECEIVE IN TO THE ORTHODOX FAITH, BY BAPTISM OR CHRISMATION, ALL THOSE WHO FREELY DECIDE AND SINCERELY DESIRE TO ADOPT THE ORΤHODOX FAITH, AND TO LIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS SPIRITUAL AND MORAL TEACHING. 5. TO UNDERTAKE CHARITABLE 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 OF ORTHODOX FAITH WHO PASS AWAY WITHOUT FINANCIAL MEANS, TO RELIEVE PROVERTY AND THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED BECAUSE OF SICKNESS, AGE OR SOME OTHER REASON. 6. TO PROVIDE USE OF ITS FACILITIES TO THE GENERAL COMMUNITY. 7. TO PROVIDE A FACILITY FOR THE TEACHING OF GREEK LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND CUISINE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
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