Bananiot wrote:Of course it is common practice phoenix. The excuse they find is that they bless the arms only for defensive wars.
We are certainly not like Iran here but we are a long way from a secular society, in practice that is. The other day they brought some bones from some "saint" from Ayios Oros and the whole government went to the airport and the bones were given a head of state welcome. A guard of honour was in place too, made up of soldiers. The bones were then put on display in a church in Lakatameia and when people did not turn up in the expected numbers to visit, the bearer of the bones, Gerontas Efraim, went on television to claim that the bones cured deaf, blind and other sick people. The next day thousands made their way to the church to kiss the box in which the bones were kept.
Are these the signs of a secular society Phoenix?
Bananiot, how dare you contradict our Phoenix who kows a lot more of what goes on in Cyprus than everybody else, and that is by living here in the uk for the best part of her life.