The corporation officially adopted By-Laws dated January 26, 1992, ․ which incorporated the Special Regulations and Uniform Parish Regulations of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America, as periodically amended (hereinafter ‘Special Regulations').
It is now organized as a non-profit corporation under Georgia's Non-Profit Corporation Code. Paul's was first formally incorporated under Georgia law in 1907. The Parish is headed by a Priest appointed by the Bishop of the Diocese in which the Parish is located. It is further undisputed that the Church is structured whereby an Archbishop heads the Archdiocese, and the Archdiocese is then split up into a diocese lead by a Bishop with its chief administrative assistant being the Chancellor of the Diocese. Paul's is a Parish (local community church) chartered by the Greek Orthodox Church Diocese of America and hierarchical in nature. 120 (1952) Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese v. Nicholas Cathedral of Russian Orthodox Church, 344 U.S. The Eastern Orthodox Church is a hierarchical church government. A congregational church is independent of other associations, while a hierarchical church is associated with other churches that share similar faith and doctrine and have a common ecclesiastical head.
“Under Georgia constitutional jurisprudence there are two types of church governments: congregational and hierarchical. I. Hierarchy of the Orthodox Church/Corporate Nature of St. Having taken all matters under advisement the Court now issues the following ruling, dispositive of all pending motions and the request for interlocutory injunction. Plaintiffs then moved for summary judgment and the Court entertained oral argument on said motion on July 15, 1997. Paul's has moved to dismiss the Plaintiffs' Petition contending that the central issue in this case unnecessarily involves this Court in ecclesiastical affairs which this Court is prohibited from engaging in under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and under the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Georgia. Plaintiffs also ask that the Court permanently enjoin Defendant ‘from denying the validity of the actions taken by a majority vote during the JanuSpecial Parish Assembly Meeting.’ Finally, Plaintiffs seek an injunction against the Church preventing it from executing any contract or expending any funds for the removal, replacement or disposition of the iconscreen and icons from their present location and that it be further enjoined from executing any contract or expending any funds for the purchase or erection of a new or a different iconscreen or icons. Plaintiffs brought this Petition seeking a Temporary and Permanent Restraining Order restraining Defendant from attempting to remove, replace or otherwise dispose of the iconscreen and icons. Paul's Greek Orthodox Church located at 1401 Bull Street, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia.
“This dispute involves the fate of the current iconscreen and icons found inside St. Paul's received title to its real property by a Deed dated Augand thereafter said Deed was recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Chatham County. Paul's') is a Non-Profit Georgia corporation which has been incorporated under the laws of the State of Georgia since 1907. Paul's Greek Orthodox Church (hereinafter ‘Defendant St. Paul's Greek Orthodox Church who voted at a duly called and convened Special Parish Assembly meeting on January 28, 1996.
ICONOGRAPHER FOR GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCHES IN THE SOUTH TRIAL
The trial court's dismissal order provides (in pertinent part) as follows: “Plaintiffs brought this Petition for Injunction as a class-action, on their own behalf, and on behalf of the majority of the members of St. Paul's Greek Orthodox Church in Savannah, Georgia. This appeal followed an order dismissing Stratton Leopold and others' (plaintiffs) petition for an injunction to stop the removal and replacement of religious icons and an iconscreen inside the sanctuary at St.
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