The Economist Greece’s new prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, - TopicsExpress



          

The Economist Greece’s new prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, made history within hours of his victory by informing the Archbishop of Athens that clerical services would not be required for his swearing-in ceremony. An avowed atheist who has nonetheless made a point of dealing courteously with senior clergy, Mr Tsipras lost no time in making known that his oath of office would be a secular procedure. Its hard to overstate what a rupture this marks with the ceremonial culture of Greece. econ.st/1yJl1Bn https://m.facebook/story.php?story_fbid=10153031855829060&id=6013004059&ref=bookmark
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 21:17:16 +0000

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