ATHENS – The Holy Light will arrive from Jerusalem to Athens on Holy Saturday afternoon, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Constantinos Vlassis.
“I want to reiterate that after coordinated actions of the Foreign Ministry and Aegean Airlines’ support, the Holy Light will be brought from Jerusalem to Athens on Holy Saturday afternoon”.
“It is noted that the in the context of the measures against the spread of the pandemic, the Holy Light will not be transferred to the parishes or be distributed to the faithful but it will be kept at the Church of Agioi Anargyroi (Metochi of the Holy Sepulcher) in Athens”, the minister said.
MAY 28TH:On this day in 1952, the women of Greece were given the right to vote and to be elected in parliamentary elections.
FALMOUTH, MA – The police in Falmouth have identified the victim in an accident involving a car plunging into the ocean on February 20, NBC10 Boston reported.
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