Greek Churches brace for social crisis- Church News
World Council of Churches - News GREEK CHURCH READY TO STAND BY THE PEOPLE IN TOUGH TIMES >For immediate release: 06 May 2010 The Church of Greece is getting ready to assist the Greek people to face the consequences of tough economic measures taken by the government, a church official attending an ecumenical gathering in Geneva has said. The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece and Primate of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece, Hieronymos II, met on Monday, 4 May with the country's Prime Minister George Papandreou to express the church's willingness to support the Greek people during the difficult times ahead, said Rev. Fr Gabriel Papanicolaou. A church official, Papanicolaou is attending a 4-6 May gathering of churches' ecumenical officers organized by the World Council of Churches. "The church is ready to assist in any possible way", said Papanicolaou. "We know that the consequences of the measures will be more strongly felt after the summer, so we are getting ready, training parish priests to deal with the crisis."
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