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Piraeus Seraphim: Christianity before modern forms of persecution and marginalizationtranslated

July 9, 2026 · 1 min read

"Christianity in the face of contemporary forms of persecution and marginalization", is the topic on which the Reverend Metropolitan of Piraeus, Mr. Seraphim, informs in the video below, expressing strong concern for the growing phenomena of Christianophobia in the modern world.

"It is particularly noteworthy that in the modern era, which is projected as an era of unlimited freedom and universal protection of human rights, Christianity is still recorded, according to international reports and official figures of organizations, as the most persecuted religion in the world. Even more worrying is the fact that these persecutions are not only manifested in countries with non-religious or authoritarian regimes, but are now also appearing in states of the so-called Western world, which for a long time based their cultural and historical identity on Christian principles and values", says His Holiness initially, stressing that in addition to the traditional forms of persecution in authoritarian regimes, there are now restrictions on Christian expression and in western democracies, through legislative initiatives, judicial decisions and…

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Δημήτρης ΑθανασίουΔυστυχώς έχει δίκιο ο Σεραφείμ. Ενώ όλοι μιλάνε για ανθρώπινα δικαιώματα, βλέπεις να κόβουν σταυρούς από σχολεία ή να διώκουν γιατί λες ότι ο γάμος είναι άντρας-γυναίκα. Και αυτό γίνεται δίπλα μας, όχι μόνο σε μακρινές χώρες.
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Luke JohnsonYeah, Seraphim is spot on. It's wild how they talk about unlimited freedom and human rights while pulling crosses out of schools or fining people for saying marriage is between a man and a woman, like Dimitris said. We see the same creeping stuff here in Australia now too.
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