Word: spyridon
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...Died. Spyridon Vlachlos, 82, Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Athens and Primate of Greece since 1949, ten days after presiding at an emergency meeting of the ruling body of the Greek Church, which appealed to world religious organizations to back the cause of exiled Cypriot Archbishop Makarios; in Athens...
Last week Greece's Primate Archbishop Spyridon climbed the same hill to conduct vesper services and speak in commemoration of St. Paul's declaration. Not much of Christian Athens turned out for the occasion with King Paul, Queen Frederika, Prime Minister Venizelos and the diplomatic corps. But 200-odd pilgrims from 57 Christian denominations and a score of countries listened and were moved. Said Episcopal Bishop Lauriston Livingston Scaife of Western New York, afterwards: "Chills went up and down my spine...
...hundred thousand Athenians watched as Sophoulis' casket was drawn to burial by an armored car. "Come to give him the last kiss," intoned Athens' Archbishop Spyridon during the funeral service. The King and Queen stepped up and kissed the casket; Frederika had tears in her eyes...