According to information, the Prime Minister and the Archbishop are planning to meet together at the church’s elderly care facility in Delesi, outside Thebes, next Friday (26/4).
The visit comes in the wake of the turmoil caused in the relations between the government and the church following the passing of the bill on equality in civil marriage, while in the Maximos Palace they listened with particular satisfaction to today’s statement of the Archbishop, who emphasized that the Church does not take revenge with in this way he freed priests and believers who attacked government officials and parliamentarians of the N.D. in the previous days.
On the occasion of the attacks received by politicians in churches due to the passing of the bill for the marriage of same-sex couples, the Archbishop of Athens and all Greece, Mr. Jerome respondent emphasized that “they are not correct”.
“The Church complains, she says her positions, she is firm in them, but love is the one that is above all, as well as kindness and tolerance”
Specifically, the Archbishop stated: “Such events are not right. The Church is love. She complains, she says her positions, she is firm in them, but we must not forget that love is the one that is above all, as well as kindness and tolerance”.
He then mentioned the factor of upbringing as well as how some people perceive the issues of the Church: “These incidents are also due to the education of everyone and the influence of some people who perceive many things of the Church as revenge. The Church, however, does not take revenge. She loves, but she doesn’t leave her positions.”
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On Sunday morning at the church of Saints Constantine and Helen at the Pulideio Nursing Home in Kavala, the priest from the pulpit at the end of the service referred to the presence of ND MP Aggeliki Delikaris.
Then a woman, who was a candidate for parliament and an executive of Niki in this electoral district, approached Mrs. Delikaris, shouted at her for the approval of the same-sex marriage bill, insulted her and… slapped her.
The MP reacted very coolly while other people disapproved of the act. Verbal attack once morest the Deputy Minister of Transport
The Deputy Minister of Transport, Christina Alexopoulou, was also verbally attacked by a priest.
The incident took place in Patras during a memorial service in memory of victims of Turkish brutality.
According to local media, Athanasios of the Apostle Paul tried to create tension on the occasion of the law on the marriage of same-sex couples and succeeded with homophobic comments and aphorisms once morest the deputy minister, who was forced to leave.
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