VENIZELOS EXCOMMUNICATED
FARCIAL PROCEEDINGS. (Australian and N.Z Cable Association) LONDON, Jan. 7. Mr Jeffries, press correspondent, writing from Athens, states that Mons. Venizelos on Christmas Day was publicly excommunicated jby the -authorities of the Greek church. The Government opposed the sentence, but the reservists forced the Metropolitan of Athens to perform the ceremony. '"■'.' A gory bull's head'was. placed.in a. square made of stones, and the metropolitan, with averted head;' pronounced "Anathema." . The reservists marched past shouting "Anathema." Fifty.; '"thousand men, women, and children 'cast stones cursing Venizelos as a traitor.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THS19170108.2.26.8
Bibliographic details
Thames Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 10287, 8 January 1917, Page 5
Word Count
90VENIZELOS EXCOMMUNICATED Thames Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 10287, 8 January 1917, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Thames Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in