Greek prelate: We sinned on debt, but who’s without sin?
Bishop Anthimos of Thessaloniki
MICHAEL BABAD
Globe and Mail Update
23/6/2011
Let he who is without sin …
European leaders are meeting in Brussels today in a continuing quest to contain the Greek debt crisis, but a well known and outspoken Greek Orthodox bishop is taking a different approach.
Bishop Anthimos of Thessaloniki read a prayer on television yesterday, Agence France-Presse reports, noting that Greeks have sinned when it comes to mismanaging the economy but noting that “no one is perfect and without sin on Earth.” (Certainly not the United States, Japan, Ireland, Portugal, etc.)
“Oh Lord, we confess that we have sinned as a state and as a people in the management of the economic and monetary benefits entrusted to us,” he said, requesting “Your mercy” and support.
The Lord’s mercy may be one thing, the mercy of the bond markets something else entirely.
