The Orthodox Church does not divide persons into gay or straight, so neither is a qualification for god-parenting. More pertinent distinctions in the Orthodox Church would be: practicing and non-practicing Orthodox; chaste and unchaste lifestyle; in good standing within the community or lapsed. Consequently, there would be no objection to any person, gay-straight-or otherwise, who is practicing the Orthodox faith, leads a chaste life-style, and is in good standing in her/his local Orthodox community.
No, the Greek Orthodox church is a part of the Eastern Orthodox Churches.
Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation was created in 1769.
Everyone is welcome to attend services or mass in the church, but only a person who is an Orthodox Christian can receive Holy Communion in an Orthodox Church.
No, only members of the Eastern Orthodox Church can act as a sponsor/godparent for a child or adult being baptised in the Orthodox Church.
Eastern Orthodox Church (or the Christian Orthodox Church).
The Romanian Orthodox Church mainly follows the liturgical practice of the Greek Orthodox Church, rather than the Russian Orthodox Church, such as the use of the new calendar.
That person must needs to be baptised into the Orthodox Christian Faith before being able to marry in the church.
No.
You get baptised and get married in the Greek Orthodox Church
The present archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Church in America is Archbishop Demetrios.
Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity was created in 1953.
Profitis Ilias Greek Orthodox Church was created in 2008.