Greek Orthodox priest condemned by church for loving soccer
A. Isaac 
If loving soccer is wrong, then this priest doesn’t want to be right. Father Christos Mitsios is an avid supporter of PAOK Thessaloniki and regularly attends games. But he’s fallen out of favor with the Greek Orthodox churches hierarchy as they condemned him and forbade him to attend games.
His response: pretty much the nicest F-U a holy man can utter.
“Gate 4 is magnificent. These boys have a fire inside them, in their heart and soul,” Father Christos told The Associated Press in an interview. “I will always stay with the drug addicts, the hooligans, and those abandoned by society and their own families.
“It’s the abandoned who often have more principles and more heart than those that appear respectable.”
The church was going to slap Christos with a much harsher punishment but his followers took to Facebook to organize. 18,000 strong later, the church backed down.
Truly, one of the few times Facebook has ever actually saved someone’s job.
Greek Orthodox priest feels at home with hardcore soccer fans, ignores church condemnation [Chicago Tribune]
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