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A 76-year-old monk died of Covid-19 complications and authorities placed six monasteries on Mount Athos under quarantine following an outbreak of the disease. “The situation is under control. A total of six Monasteries are currently in quarantine, which is in fact coming to an end. Several infection cases among the …

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It was high time that the prosecutor intervenes in the case of the self-proclaimed “Father Kleomenis”, a racist and social media persona, who claims to be a monk and uploads on youtube full of hate against the Jews. Beginning of the week, the man staged an unprecedented anti-Semitic show. He …

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The legal adventures of satirical Greek blogger “Elder Pastitsios” (Geron Pastitios) are over.  The Three-Member Misdemeanors Court decided to trigger Article 8 of Law 4411/2016, which eliminates criminal liability for misdemeanors and minor offenses that were committed until 03.31.2016 and threatened with imprisonment up to two years. Philippos Loizos, aka …

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An Athens court sentenced blogger Filippos Loizos to ten months prison suspended for 3 years, after found him guilty of “insulting religion”. The blogger was known as Elder Pastitsios,  who was making fun of the almost mythical monk Elder Paisios. Philippos Loizos, 27, was arrested in September 2012 on charges …

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Greek police arrested a 27-year-old Greek on charges of “malicious blasphemy and insutlting of religion” through Facebook. The arrest came “after thousands of e-complains from residents of different countries of the world”, so the police press release. The 27-year-old had created a page on Facebook named “Geron Pastitsios” (Elder Pastitsios), an …

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