The Ecumenical Patriarchate expresses its displeasure with the content material of the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Video games in Paris with a associated announcement, talking of offensive performances for Christianity and the Holy Gospel.
As he factors out, the Olympic Video games are a prime sporting occasion, which attracts the curiosity of thousands and thousands of our fellow human beings from each nook of the world, and their opening ceremony is of nice significance, because it affords to spotlight the historical past and tradition of the host nation and unfold optimistic messages globally. “It was with nice disappointment that we watched in the course of the ceremony in Paris insulting performances for Christianity and the Holy Gospel, but additionally for each civilized one who acknowledges the suitable to imagine and respect spiritual symbols.
These pictures not solely didn’t brighten the ceremony, however tarnished it. It isn’t progress to blaspheme God, neither is it a proper to insult the spiritual beliefs of our fellow human beings. The spontaneous expression of disgust and disapproval on the a part of the world, we hope, has despatched a sufficiently loud message to the decision-makers and is a supply of hope for avoiding related actions sooner or later.”
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