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Daily Archives: January 3, 2012
hard times in Greece, and how to survive them
The Guardian had a story about a guy in Patras who has been so hard hit by Greece’s current troubles that he could no longer support his ten children and had turned four of them in for care. Sad, yes, … Continue reading
Posted in anybody up there?, road
Tagged Byzantium, church, financial crisis, Greece, Greek Orthodox, inequality, Macedonia, religion, Roman Empire, Salonica, Thessaloniki
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