Christos Telidis
Journalist Christos Telidis works for the Greek daily, To Ethnos, where he writes on social issues like immigration and religion.
Updated: 24 November 2009
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By Christos Telidis
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Greece : Church refuses alms to the state
24 November 200948 1 To Ethnos Athens
In response to a major public spending deficit, Greece's socialist government wants to impose a tax on the assets of the country's Orthodox Church, the Church of Greece (CoG). But the powerful institution, which is Greece's largest property owner and a state within the state, has turned a deaf ear to the government's demands.