Bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Patras, commenting on the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, stated that “One can only mourn this spiritual collapse and insult to cultural values and Christianity through the mockery of the Last Supper”.
According to him, unfortunately, our century is characterized by the denial of Christ, and the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games confirms this. “What relation can such a ceremony have to the Olympic spirit and the values that it expresses and represents? This ceremony was an insult to culture and values. One can only be sad, seeing this spiritual collapse and insult to cultural values and Christianity through the mockery of the Last Supper. Christianity gave meaning to existence in Europe. The roots of Europe are Christian,” said Metropolitan Chrysostom.
In his opinion, “everything that happened in France during this ceremony is an insult to the mother of the Olympic Games, our homeland Greece.”
Earlier, the head of the Church of Greece, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos, criticized the opening of the Olympics, stating that “all this is worthy of absolute contempt.”
Bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Chrysostomos III of Mania, expressed dissatisfaction to the French ambassador in connection with the blasphemous anti-Christian scenes during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris.
The organizers were accused of blasphemy in Fanari. The head of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, Bartholomew, criticized the opening of the Olympics with a parody of the “Last Supper” of Christ and the twelve apostles, and called these performances an insult “not only against Christianity and the Holy Gospel, but also against every civilized person who recognizes the right to believe and respect religious symbols,” the publication reports. fosfanariou.gr.
“These images not only failed to brighten the ceremony, but also marred it. Blasphemy is not progress and is not a right to insult the religious beliefs of our fellow believers. We hope that the spontaneous expression of disgust and disapproval from the world has become a loud enough signal for decision makers and is a source of hope for avoiding such actions in the future,” Patriarch Bartholomew wrote.
His words during the Sunday sermon were published by the Greek website Romfea.
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