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Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
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Greek religion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Greek religion can refer to several things, including •Ancient Greek religion •Greek hero cult •Eleusinian Mysteries •Hellenistic religion •Platonic idealism •Greek Orthodox Church •Religion in Gre...
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At the same time this course takes an anthropological approach to the study of religion in ancient Greece. It attempts to understand religion as a system of symbols which provides people with a meaningful world in which to live.
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Because religion and worship were so much an affair of state, and participation in religious festivals and games was ... Everyone went to Hades in Homer's Greece, but later poets sand of the Isles of the Blessed in the Eylsian Fields at the western end of the earth, where great heroes lived happily throughout eternity.
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Reflecting this, the Greek Constitution on the one hand guarantees absolute freedom of religion while, on the other hand, it defines the "prevailing religion" of Greece as the Eastern Orthodox Church of Christ.
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One is politics and the other is religion. The major religion in Greece is Greek Orthodox. It is a quite beautiful and easy to understand doctrine and the cathedrals, churches and chapels seem to be everywhere - some carved out of cliff-sides and even perched on top of mountains.
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