Home›Sources›Greece Church Agreement to Take 10,000 Priests Off Payroll (BBC News, 2018)SourcesGreece Church Agreement to Take 10,000 Priests Off Payroll (BBC News, 2018)BBC News, 7 November 2018Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Greece Church Agreement to Take 10,000 Priests Off Payroll (BBC News, 2018)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/bbc-2018-greece-church-payroll-agreement.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Greece Church Agreement to Take 10,000 Priests Off Payroll (BBC News, 2018). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/bbc-2018-greece-church-payroll-agreementCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-greece-church-agreement-to-take-10-000-p, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Greece Church Agreement to Take 10,000 Priests Off Payroll (BBC News, 2018)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/bbc-2018-greece-church-payroll-agreement}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXA 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.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (10 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationPublisherWell-attestedBBC NewsPublication YearWell-attested2018URLWell-attestedhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46122997Source TypeWell-attestednewsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested2Tier 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.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithChurch of Greece, Denominations Well-attested 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)tier 2Greece, Countries Well-attested 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)tier 2Claims 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 TopicSources, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 holds.Denominations, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested7DenominationsChurch of GreeceSourcesGreece Church Agreement to Take 10,000 Priests Off Payroll (BBC News, 2018)Holds2SourcesGreece Church Agreement to Take 10,000 Priests Off Payroll (BBC News, 2018)General References1DenominationsChurch of GreeceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year