Meeting of D. Koutsoubas with the archbishop of America Elpidophoros (PHOTO)

THE GG her KE of KKE Dimitris Koutsoubas met on Friday morning with the archbishop of America Hopeful in the context of the visit of the KKE delegation to the USA.

The archbishop thanked the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the KKE for the visit, while he noted that the values ​​of peace, friendship of peoples, social equality and justice are common values. He also referred to the experience of the church in the USA, where there is a complete separation of church-state and communities instead of parishes, noting that these could also be useful in the case of Greece.

THE Dimitris Koutsoubas he noted “From a position of principle, the KKE is in favor of the separation of church-state, without one interfering in the “house” of the other”, while he pointed out the need not to exploit religious sentiment by parties, especially those with racist and fascist perceptions, but now also by some of the supposed “progressive space”, noting that the KKE denounces such phenomena. He also reiterated the need to support Greek language education and culture, especially the Greek diaspora, which is now 3rd and 4th generation, to get to know the history of Greece.

At the end of the meeting, D. Koutsoumbas presented the archbishop with a work by the important communist artist Vassos Katrakis, while the archbishop presented a scrapbook for the 100 years of the Greek diaspora in the country.