A Christmas Eve “Blasphemers Party” in a bar in the seaside town of Nafplio was “uncalled-for”, Bishop Nektarios of Argolida said on Antenna TV.
It had been advertised with a poster depicting Jesus in heavy makeup and earrings, which led to some threats of violent protests he said “went too far”.
“Christ does not need bat-wielding defenders,” he said about social media posts warnings there would be a backlash to the party at the bar.
“However, I was deeply saddened by the fact that certain people tried to abuse a holiday that is so important to us Christians,” Bishop Nektarios said, confining his comments to what he felt was an inappropriate act in a country with Greek Orthodoxy dominates.
All social media posts and posters advertising the event were taken down in response to the reactions.
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In November, Greece’s ruling New Democracy dropped plans to criminalise blasphemy that would have resulted in up to two years in prison.
The country’s long-standing anti-blasphemy laws were scrapped in 2016 by the previous ruling Radical Left SYRIZA of then-Premier Alexis Tsipras.
Sourced via Tornos News.