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		<title>Cross on Greek King and Queen tomb vandalized</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2020 12:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[September 4, 2020. The cross on the grave of a royal Greek couple at the cemetery at the Tatoi Palace outside Athens was found vandalized on Monday. The Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports stated that police found the cross on the grave of King Paul I of Greece and Queen Frederica broken into three pieces during a routine afternoon patrol, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greek Church petitions to be allowed to serve Liturgy, lawyers seeking to annul order to ban Church services</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2020 15:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 27, 2020. Although the Greek Orthodox Church earlier agreed to limit its services to just one-hour Divine Liturgies on Sundays, the state was not content, and on March 16 it banned all services until March 30, in an effort to contain the highly contagious coronavirus. However, while understanding the need to protect the faithful and all people, the Church [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cathedral and church vandalized in Thessaloniki and Trikala</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2020 19:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[February 19, 2020. Two young men have been arrested and charged with vandalism at the Saint Gregory Palamas Holy Metropolitan Church in Thessaloniki. The incident occurred around 3:30 AM when the 24 and 22-year-olds splattered paint and scattered flyers at the busts in the Metropolitan Courtyard, reports Vima Orthodoxias. The young men, members of the Thessaloniki Freedom Initiative, acted in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orthodox churches repeatedly vandalized by Muslim refugees at notorious Lesvos camp</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2020 19:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[February 12, 2020. Residents of Moria, Lesvos complain that groups of illegal Muslim immigrants have repeatedly vandalized churches in the area and made direct threats against the Orthodox faith. The Church of St. Catherine is now locked, as residents try to block the entrance and protect it from being desecrated again. The windows of the church have been broken, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Piraeus Metropolis administrative building attacked, icon of Christ damaged</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 17:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[November 27, 2019. The administrative building of the Metropolis of Piraeus of the Greek Orthodox Church of Greece was attacked, reports Romfea. The ruling hierarch, Metropolitan Seraphim of Piraeus, is known as a traditional and outspoken hierarch. Most recently he has taken a strong stand against the recognition of the Ukrainian schismatics, calling, instead, together with Metropolitan Seraphim of Kythira, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New draft law of Penal code abolishes petty offences inter alia for malicious blasphemy and  religious insult.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2019 05:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 5, 2019 &#8211; According to Romfea News, a series of changes having a severe impact on Greek society will emerge from the abolition of the petty offenses with the new draft law of the Penal Code if it remains unchanged and not amended within the framework of consultation. The new draft law is dealing with the revision of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A policeman and a church employee were injured in a bomb blast that rocked in front of an Orthodox church, in Athens.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2018 21:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[December 27, 2018 &#8211; According to Greek Reporter with reference to Skai TV, the explosion occurred outside the historic St. Dionysios’ church (Greek Orthodox Church) at 07:10 in the morning, local time. The device was placed inside a metal box which was discovered by a church employee, who subsequently notified police. The officer who arrived to examine the package suffered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ROC calls “transcript” of Patriarchs’ talks in Istanbul a fake</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2018 21:41:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[October 8, 2018. Excerpts of a confidential conversation between Patriarch Kirill and Patriarch Bartholomew on August 31 in Istanbul, published by Greek sites, are a “fake sleaze”. This was announced on the TV channel “Spas” by Spokesman for Patriarch Kirill, priest Alexander Volkov. Commenting on the publication of the “transcript” of the talks of the Patriarchs in Istanbul, which caused [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greece refuses visa to Moscow Patriarchate chancellor</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2018 06:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[September 8, 2018. The Chancellor of Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Varsonofy of St. Petersburg and Ladoga has been refused a Greek visa. &#8220;For many years the archbishop would go on a pilgrimage to [Mount] Athos; however, this time he could not get the Greek visa,&#8221; the chancellery told Interfax-Religion on Saturday. The case concerns &#8220;precisely a civilian visa, not a denial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russian Foreign Ministry asks Greek embassy for explanations on problems with issuing visas to Orthodox priests</title>
		<link>http://orthodoxrights.org/russian-foreign-ministry-asks-greek-embassy-explanations-problems-issuing-visas-orthodox-priests.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2018 15:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[August 10, 2018. The Russian Foreign Ministry has sent a note to the Greek embassy seeking explanations on the problems with issuing visas to priests, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said. &#8220;We saw the Tsargrad materials and a publication on social networks. We have sent the relevant note to the Greek Embassy in Moscow seeking explanations on the situation, [...]]]></description>
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