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Bishop Ignatios: He who doesn’t help refugees & migrants “is not a Christian”

November 5, 2019 Greece Comments Off on Bishop Ignatios: He who doesn’t help refugees & migrants “is not a Christian”

Someone who refuses help to refugees and migrants is “neither Greek nor Christian,” Bishop of Dimitriados and Almyros, Ignatios, amid growing protests by local communities against their resettlement from the islands. Speaking to Alpha FM, Ignatios said “I cannot accept anyone who refuses to help refugees and immigrants. For me, …

Bishop Amvrosios sentenced to 7 months imprisonment for hate speech against gays

January 28, 2019 Greece, Politics 4

A three-member Misdemeanor court in Aigio, Peloponnese, sentenced hard-core Metropolit Amvrosios to seven months imprisonment for “misuse of ecclesiastic office, hate speech and incitement to violence. The Bishop of Aegialeia and Kalavryta had called his followers to “spit on homosexuals and “stone gays.” The sentence is suspended for three years …

“Wildfires are God’s punishment for an atheist Prime Minister,” claims Amvrosios

July 24, 2018 Greece, Politics 4

We all know that being spiteful is a bottomless pit. And it is confirmed for one more time on the day where Greece mourns at least 50 people among them many children, dozens of injured and missing. People who lost their lives in the Greek tragedy called “Athens wildfires.” This …

Larissa: Three-day pilgrimage to Metropolit corpse in a freezer

July 16, 2018 Lifestyle Comments Off on Larissa: Three-day pilgrimage to Metropolit corpse in a freezer

Three-day public pilgrimage to a Metropolit corspe in a freezer. The corpse of Metropolit of Larissa and Tyrnavos Ignatios was to be exposed to public pilgrimage for the locals in the Agios Achillios Church in Centrla Greece. However, the high summer temperatures threatened to cancel the pious action and break …

Greek Orthodox Bishop of Chicago supports March For Our Lives

March 27, 2018 Lifestyle Comments Off on Greek Orthodox Bishop of Chicago supports March For Our Lives

Newly enthroned Metropolit Nathanael Symeonides in the Greek Orthodox Church of Chicago said he feels a responsibility to protect the youth participating in the March For Our Lives gun control rallies in US. He feels a responsibility to not only pray for the youth, but to protect them. “They want …

Local court acquits Metropolit Amvrosios over hate speech against gays

March 16, 2018 Lifestyle Comments Off on Local court acquits Metropolit Amvrosios over hate speech against gays

A court in Aigio acquitted Metropolit of Aigialia and Kalavryta Amvrosios of hate speech and opened the Pandoras’s box with some media to describe the decision as “shame” and many Greeks in social media to speak of “impunity” and a “parody” of a trial. In his testimony at the court, …

Metropolit Amvrosios sees in flash floods “God’s wrath for the atheist Prime Minister and cabinet ministers”

November 22, 2017 Very Mix 1

The Metropolit of Kavryta is not only an specialist on spiritual issues and Greek Orthodoxy. He is obviously an expert in natural disasters like the flash floods that hit West Attica on November 15th. And he know why they happened: Because Greece is run by an atheist Prime Minister and …

“Spit on them! They’re no humans!” Greek Metropolit lashes out against gays

December 11, 2015 Society 3

One of the most powerful Metropolits in the hierarchy of the Greek Orthodox Church lashed out against gays but also against the Greek government for promoting the partnership status legislation for couples of the same sex and grand them the same rights as heterosexual couples . In a vitriolic and …

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