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Tuesday, 30 July 2024 15:33
Ecumenical Patrirchate on Olymic Games Opening Ceremony
Pieces of te opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games have outraged Christians across the globe as many viewers considered that they were blasphemous to Chritheir beliefs. The outrage was shared by the Ecumenical Patriarch who siiued a statement
Statement by the Ecumenical Patriarchate on the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics
The Olympic Games are a premier sporting event, which attracts the interest of millions of our fellow people from every corner of the globe, and their opening ceremony is of great importance, as it serves to highlight the history and culture of the host country and to spread positive messages globally.
It was with great sadness that we watched, during the ceremony in Paris, insulting performances about Christianity and the holy Gospel, but also for every civilized person who recognizes the right to faith and respect to religious symbols.
These images not only did not brighten the ceremony but blackened it. Blasphemy towards God is not progress, nor is it a right to insult the religious beliefs of our fellow men.
The spontaneous expression of aversion and disapproval by the world, hopefully, has sent a sufficiently loud message to those responsible and is a source of hope to avoid similar actions in the future.
From the Ecumenical Patriarchate
July 29, 2024
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Wednesday, 10 July 2024 09:52
Olympic Games: Antetokounmpo and Drisbioti flag bearers at the opening ceremony
The Hellenic Olympic Committee announced that Giannis Antetokounmpo and Antigoni Drisbioti will be the two people who will be the first to march in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games as Greece's flag bearers.
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Friday, 06 August 2021 09:47
Olympic Games – Pole vault – Stefanidi fourth, Kyriakopoulou eighth
Katerina Stefanidi failed to defend the title she won at the Rio Olympics.
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