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President of the Cremation Society to Protothema: “Death is the Church’s heavy industry — It took us 23 years to achieve the obvious”

What was the first cremation in Greece? Which politicians helped, and who resisted? Mr. Antonis Alakiotis, president of the Hellenic Cremation Society, recounts on Direct the difficult journey that led to the country’s first crematorium

Woman “comes back to life” moments before cremation (video)

Phinij Sopajorn, 70, had been suffering from a severe goitre when she stopped breathing at the hospital

Greek Orthodox priests refuse to bury cremated bodies

The clergy of the Metropolis of Thebes and Livadia said the practice is against the Christian faith of the resurrection of the body and the second coming