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Fire Beside Greek Church in Istanbul Kills One, Injures Two

One person died and two were injured when a sudden fire broke out in a building which is attached to the Greek Church of Aya Nikola in Sarıyer, the northernmost district of Istanbul, Turkey. The fire in the annex of...

Church to Draw Up Three-Year Plan to Limit Debt

According to Kathimerini newspaper, the Church of Greece is drafting a three-year economic schedule in an attempt to reduce its debt and to take advantage of its possessions to secure its independence, Archbishop Ieronymos stated during a session of...

Athens Merchants Oppose Sunday Openings

The Greek government's plan to allow more Sunday store openings to give a boost to store owners has run into a roadblock - from the merchants themselves - who don't want their businesses to run seven days a week,...

Greek Parliament Approves Joint Development Company for Church Property

An amendment was passed in Parliament on Wednesday establishing the "Company for Developing the Real Estate Assets of the Church SA", which will be owned equally by the Greek state and the Greek Orthodox Church. During discussion in Parliament, main...

Archbishop Ieronymos Offers Farming Land

With nearly two million people out of work in a crushing economic crisis and more turning to the land to grow food as prices have remained high, the head of the Church of Greece, Archbishop Ieronymos, has offered land...

Church Promises Aid to Weakest

The serious economic crisis which Greece is experiencing has also affected the powerful Greek Orthodox Church, which continues to make its disagreement known over the actions taken by Socialist prime minister George Papandreou. Interventions which, however, some parts of the...

Greeks Driven Up the Wall by New EU/IMF Property Tax

Τhe Greek Ministry of Finance is breaking the backs of all Greeks by imposing a new property tax in order to prove to the EU and IMF that the government stays true to its creditors’ austerity programme. At the news...