Greek Orthodox leader feared dead in crash
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Egypt&#39;s Patriarch of Alexandria, a top leader of the Greek Orthodox church, is among 17 people feared killed when a helicopter crashed off northern Greece, the Defence Ministry says.
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"The archbishop's death was a great loss for the Orthodox world"  The popular, outspoken head of Greece's powerful Orthodox Church was buried Thursday in a state funeral attended by thousands of mourners and top Greek officials.Mourners bearing flags clapped and a 21-gun salute rang out as Archbishop Christodoulos' open casket wound through the city center on a carriage, followed by a large cortege on foot.'The archbishop was close to the people and the people loved him. We honor him today,' Bishop Simeon of Nea Smyrni said after the funeral service. Read more
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The sports editor of a leading Greek daily who investigated the Athens Olympic sprinter scandal is recovering in hospital after being beaten up.
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Greeceâs Orthodox Church leader, Archbishop Christodoulos, eased centuries of tension with the Vatican but angered liberal critics who viewed him as an attention-seeking reactionary.
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The leader of Greece's Orthodox Church will return home for chemotherapy to treat a cancer that spread from his liver to his abdominal cavity, his doctor said Tuesday.
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Africa&#39;s senior Greek Orthodox leader, Patriarch Petros VII of Alexandria, Egypt, and a dozen other religious officials were killed Saturday when a helicopter carrying
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ATHENSâEgypt&#39;s Patriarch of Alexandria, whose post traces its lineage to one of Christ&#39;s disciples, was killed with his Greek Orthodox retinue yesterday in a helicopter crash, Greek authorities confirmed.
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"They are trying to take away our society's Christian and Orthodox identity, using various groundless arguments, because they hate God and want to marginalize the church"  Greece's Orthodox Church leader, Archbishop Christodoulos, who eased centuries of tension with the Vatican but angered liberal critics who viewed him as an attention-seeking reactionary, died Monday at his home of cancer, church officials said. He was 69.Christodoulos, who headed the church for a decade, was first hospitalized in Athens in June before being diagnosed with cancer of the liver and large intestine.He spent 10 weeks in a hospital in Miami but an October liver transplant operation was canceled when doctors discovered the cancer had spread. He refused hospital treatment in the final weeks of his life. He died at his home in the Athens suburb of Psyhico. Read more
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Greece announced stringent measures to improve safety on its roads yesterday as the country mourned seven schoolchildren killed in a traffic accident on their way to the Paralympics.
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Archbishop Christodoulos of the Greek Orthodox Church died Monday after a battle with cancer, church officials told CNN. He was 69.
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Greece's Orthodox Church suspended a senior bishop Friday as it struggled to deal with growing corruption scandals that have brought deep embarrassment to the institution.
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A key state prosecutor may have been killed when his car exploded in Venezuela, officials fear.
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A Romanian church leader who was exposed as a collaborator a week ago dies of a heart attack.
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Greece's powerful Orthodox Church on Thursday accused the director of the movie "Titanic" of historical ignorance and of trying to damage the Christian faith for claiming he discovered the tomb of Jesus Christ.
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ATHENS -- The Christian Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria was killed yesterday after an army helicopter transporting him and his entourage to a monastic enclave in northern Greece crashed into the sea, according to government and church officials.
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The Christian Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria was killed Saturday after an army helicopter that was transporting him and his entourage to a monastic enclave in northern Greece crashed in the sea, according to government and church officials.
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The popular, outspoken head of Greece's powerful Orthodox Church was buried Thursday in a state funeral attended by thousands of mourners and top Greek officials.