Metropolitan Dimitriados Ignatios described the attitude of the president of the Hellenic Solution as provocative and unacceptable. Kyriakos Velopouloswho urged the MPs who have voted for it bill for the marriage of same-sex couples, not to go to the temples them days of Easter.
“I think it’s just plain provocative and unacceptable,” he said, noting: “Let me say this, even though I don’t usually talk in that way, but no one can talk about the space of the Church in this way and indeed essentially urging to get things done, that comes out in the end. We all know language, as we use words“, said the Metropolitan to ERT.
“I will make no distinction”
In fact, in response to the question of whether the whole world will be accepted into the Church during Holy Week, and in particular those who voted for bill but also those who did not vote for it, he answered:
“I will make no distinction. Alas. We are already accepting all people especially during Holy Week. You know, I think our tradition saves it and our culture. We must finally understand that we are in a democratic state. Things happen that one could disagree withbut in the end we all have to be united. What awaits us is much more important than these little things that often consume us and divide us. Therefore, if someone does not accept the whole world, he will not be a Church. Christ wants us all, for us he was crucified, for us all he rose. And he is waiting for us to follow him and rejoice in His Resurrection all together».
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