A BBC News report on the November 2018 agreement between the Greek state and the Church of Greece moving roughly 10,000 clergy off the civil service payroll while the state continues to fund their pay through an annual subsidy of around 200 million euros.
Facts
Citation
PublisherBBC News
Publication Year2018
URLhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46122997
Source Typenews
Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Tier 2: a major international broadcaster's contemporaneous report of a documented state-church agreement, naming the two signatories (Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Archbishop Ieronymos) and the specific annual subsidy figure agreed between them. Connections
Associated With
This source names Church of Greece directly: "between the Greek state and the Church of Greece moving roughly 10,000 clergy off the civil service payroll while the state continues to fund their pay through an annual subsidy of around 200..."
Source Greece Church Agreement to Take 10,000 Priests Off Payroll (BBC News, 2018)
This source names Greece directly: "the Greek state and the Church of Greece moving roughly 10,000 clergy off the civil service payroll while the state continues to fund their pay through an annual subsidy of around 200 million euros."
Source Greece Church Agreement to Take 10,000 Priests Off Payroll (BBC News, 2018)
Claims Backed By This Source (10 claims)
This source backs 10 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Denominations, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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