Orthodox Church in Greece Publishes its Finances First Time Ever

Translation Interfax Article at Voices From Russia:

For the first time in its history, the Archdiocese of Athens made public its budget, publishing on its website items of income and expenditure for the current year. According to the data released, income from rental property was 529,836 euros (21.97 million Roubles 721,651 USD 457,166 UK Pounds), whilst church activities earned another 400,000 euros (16.586 million Roubles 544,811 USD 345,138 UK Pounds), according to Greek.ru. The total amount of net income for the Archdiocese was 3,457,251 euros (143.354 million Roubles 4.709 million USD 2.984 million UK Pounds), and expenses were 3,454,220 euros (143.228 million Roubles 4.705 million USD 2.981 million UK Pounds). To date, 3,030 euros (125,608 Roubles 4,127 USD 2,615 UK Pounds) remain unspent.

27 September 2010

Interfax-Religion

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