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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-07-15
CONTENTS
[01] President Pavlopoulos receives Archbishop, expresses Greece's
support to French people
[01] President Pavlopoulos receives Archbishop, expresses Greece's
support to French people
President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Friday met
Archibishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos at the presidential
mansion, expressing the Greek people's support to the French after
Thursday's shocking terror strike in Nice.
The French people are not alone in the face of this calamity, Pavlopoulos
stressed. They had the support of all the people of Europe and primarily
of the Greeks "because we understand that the fundamental principle
that must inspire Europe, our common family, at these crucial hours
is solidarity," he noted. According to the Greek president, without
solidarity in the face of such disasters and all the issues created by
the crisis, Europe would be unable to go forward.
Pavlopoulos also praised the role of the Church throughout the years
of crisis, saying Greece had been able to avoid a rupture of its social
fabric largely because the institutions of the family and Church still
worked in the country. The president made a particular reference to the
contribution of the Church charity Apostoli in dealing with the refugee
crisis and in helping house and care for refugees, especially children
and young people.
"Apostoli gives them the opportunity to live as equals among us, to
develop their personalities and, chiefly, to offer to society what they
can," he said.
The Archbishop was accompanied by a group of young refugees housed in
a Church hostel for unaccompanied refugee and migrant children.
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