{"id":110560,"date":"2020-11-18T17:41:04","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T15:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thefreethinker\/?p=110560"},"modified":"2020-11-21T12:33:06","modified_gmt":"2020-11-21T10:33:06","slug":"reports-of-a-kid-kissing-a-coffin-at-a-funeral-angers-greek-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thefreethinker\/2020\/11\/reports-of-a-kid-kissing-a-coffin-at-a-funeral-angers-greek-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports of a kid kissing a coffin at a funeral angers Greek church"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Images via YouTube\/Holy Diocese of Langada<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

THE Holy Synod of the Church of Greece has expressed anger over media coverage of the funeral the Metropolitan of Langadas, Ioannis Tassias, inset above, who died the previous Sunday of COVID-19.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Although a statement<\/a> issued by officials does not specifically mention a report published by Keep Talking Greece<\/em><\/span><\/a> \u2013 <\/em>above the headline \u2018Priest lifts child to kiss corpse of Bishop who died of Covid-19<\/span>\u2018 \u2013 <\/em>t<\/span><\/span>his must have been at the at the forefront of their minds when they said:
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It is with sadness that some media never cease to target Orthodox Christians, clergy and laity, as their ideological opponent.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In this instance, one can sympathise with the church, for the coffin, topped with a cloths and a bishops\u2019 mitre, was closed<\/em>.<\/p>\n

KTG<\/em> even published a photo of the the boy being hoisted onto the coffin, saying:<\/p>\n

The child is lucky to have its face mask on. Some priests, including the one who lifted it took their masks off to kiss the corpse of the clergyman. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n