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Guardian lauds Greek priest with a taste for metal guitar
A feature in The Guardian profiles Father Dionysios Tabakis, a Greek Orthodox priest from Nafplio who has unexpectedly become one of the most talked-about figures in experimental music. His self-recorded album, Paradise Metal, blends doom metal, Byzantine chant, Christmas hymns, rap and dubstep, earning critical acclaim after Pitchfork awarded it a score of 7.6, higher than albums by artists such as Daft Punk and Aphex Twin.
Priest attacks metropolitan bishops with acid during synodic meeting
A priest who threw acid at seven metropolitan bishops and a police officer during a synodic conference that planned to defrock him at Petraki monastery in Athens was arrested on Wednesday evening, Greek police said.
Trial date set for Patras priest who set fire to carnival decorations
A trial date was on Wednesday set for a priest in the city of Patras who was setting fire to municipal decorations used in carnival processions.
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