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...throne room of Jerusalem's Greek Orthodox Patriarch in the Old City's Christian Quarter is at the heart of a maze of tunnels, sandstone stairways, narrow passages and courtyards bursting with almond blossom. Each night at 10 p.m., in a practice that dates back centuries, the priests of the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulcher lock themselves into their ancient warren, shutting out the iniquitous world beyond their walls. Lately, though, they've concluded the biggest threat lies within - Patriarch Eirinaios I, who's at the center of a labyrinthine religious and legal scandal involving the alleged lease of Church...
...against a soundtrack of thumping music and the high-pitched shrieks of revelers. The cruise liner is the latest cheap-and-cheerful venture from Greek-Cypriot entrepreneur Stelios Haji-Ioannou. Ten years after U.K.-based easyJet - now one of the largest intra-European airlines - took off, there's an easy way to do almost anything. In the last six months alone, the easy brand - owned by Stelios' easyGroup - has lent its name to an online movie-rental operation, a mobile-phone operator and a pizza-delivery service. Expect budget motor insurance this month, and a bare-bones hotel in west...
Iakovos also became the first Greek Orthodox archbishop to meet with a Roman Catholic Pope in 350 years when he met Pope John XXIII...
Iakovos maintained traditional Orthodox beliefs such as opposing female ordination, but came into conflict with the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of the Greek Orthodox Church after he supported a move by 29 bishops towards the administrative unification of Eastern Orthodox churches in America. It is widely believed that this clash forced him to resign...
...buried on April 15 in the grounds of the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, Mass...