Manis Chrysostomos: Duty and duty to preserve religious symbols and the Greek flagtranslated

"Religious symbols and the Greek flag are the sacred and faithful of our Greek Orthodox identity. It is therefore your duty and duty to preserve them." This is emphasized, among others, by the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Mani Mr. Chrysostomos in the Circular he issued on the subject of Religious Symbols and the Greek flag.  "The Flag represents the sovereign state. It symbolizes the history, the traditions, the ceaseless struggles, the sacrifices for the defense and freedom of the motherland. It symbolizes the territory of the Nation," he says.

The Circular in detail:

my dears,

Our shepherding holy Church in order to help and support the faith of Christians from the first centuries also used symbols, representations, i.e. depictions from human life and the horse's creation.

In general, symbols are the external points, which are connected with human existence, history and culture. They are references to concepts and perceptions about God, man, the world. They become points of identity, possession, sovereignty, ideology, recognition. The symbol is type and essence. Type, as an external indication, as an object, as a representation, essence as to...