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Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Bans Foreign Weddings on Rhodes Following Lewd British Wedding Photo
The Pappas Post ^ | 10-13-2017 | Gregory Pappas

Posted on 10/14/2017 10:22:34 AM PDT by NRx

A British couple have caused outrage on the Greek island of Rhodes with a wedding photo in which the couple perform a sex act in front of a Greek Orthodox monastery, leading the head of the island’s Greek Orthodox Church to ban future foreign weddings.

The groom, Matthew Lunn, posted a photo of his new wife Carly on Facebook as she knelt in her white dress, appearing to perform oral sex on her new husband.

No one expected the international reaction as the photo soon went viral and eventually reached local news media on Rhodes and Metropolitan Kyrillos, the head of the island’s Greek Orthodox Church.

Kyrillos announced a decision to ban all foreign weddings at the monastery of St Paul, a popular venue for British tourists where hundreds of dream weddings take place every year.

Giorgos Eleftheriou, president of the local Lindos community in Rhodes, told The Times of London “We are Greek and we cherish our traditions and the sanctity of our religious sites. We cannot allow this disgusting behavior to prevail.”

Eleftheriou added that the ban by the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan leaves hundreds of British couples scrambling to change their wedding plans.

“I have hundreds of soon-to-be brides from Britain and all over the world calling me today in tears because of this decision,” he said.


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1 posted on 10/14/2017 10:22:34 AM PDT by NRx
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To: NRx
What in the name of God is wrong with these two people?! What have we come to when people would pose for a photo like this — on their wedding day! — then post in on Facebook?!

If I were God, this would be the straw that would break the camel's back. I would wipe out the world PRONTO.

2 posted on 10/14/2017 10:28:50 AM PDT by utahagen (but but)
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To: utahagen

Seems like it’s becoming a “trend”. Several of these photos have popped up in headlines lately.


3 posted on 10/14/2017 10:32:38 AM PDT by Wyrd bið ful aræd (Flag burners can go screw -- I'm mighty PROUD of that ragged old flag)
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To: NRx

what a tacky couple.
Mum and Dad must be proud.


4 posted on 10/14/2017 10:33:04 AM PDT by ronniesgal (still winning !!)
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To: NRx

Read all about it! 2 Brits acting more vulgar than any American tourist evah!!
Can’t blame that on Trump, now can you?


5 posted on 10/14/2017 10:34:51 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: NRx

LOL, Has the Pappas Post sold 1B copies yet?


6 posted on 10/14/2017 10:37:05 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (Damn, the tag line disappeared again? Coursors!)
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To: utahagen

No need to ban foreigners. Just ban the British. The old stereotype of the Ugly American Tourist no longer applies. Most Americans I see overseas are pretty reserved, polite, and well-behaved. Everywhere I’ve been in the world that is the least bit touristy always has drunken brits on holiday. They come in crowds, they’re loud and rude. I feel bad for the many Brits I’ve met on holiday who are quite nice and respectful of their host countries people and culture. I’m sure they get a bad rap because of their countrymenc
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7 posted on 10/14/2017 10:38:37 AM PDT by azcap (Who is John Galt ? www.conservativeshirts.com)
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To: NRx

“Kyrillos announced a decision to ban all foreign weddings at the monastery of St Paul....”

If they’re gonna act that way, f**k ‘em.


8 posted on 10/14/2017 10:41:21 AM PDT by Carthego delenda est
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To: azcap

Azcap, thanks for the response. I wasn’t even focusing on which country the malefactors hailed from. If I were God, the behavior of these two pigs, regardless of their nation of origin, would provoke me to wipe out the entire world. I’ve had it with trashy behavior.


9 posted on 10/14/2017 10:42:52 AM PDT by utahagen (but but)
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To: NRx

AN article from some ten days ago has the bride saying how funny it was and that she loves that other couples are copying the photo. Flash forward to today and now she is mortified and has gone into hiding.


10 posted on 10/14/2017 10:45:23 AM PDT by LukeL
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To: Wyrd bið ful aræd

God, help us, and I mean that literally: God, help us.


11 posted on 10/14/2017 10:45:40 AM PDT by utahagen (but but)
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To: LukeL

and Oh My God.... their family took the photos. Never mind. They REALLY must be proud.


12 posted on 10/14/2017 10:51:34 AM PDT by ronniesgal (still winning !!)
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To: NRx

There is an ongoing problem with British tourists doing things like this all over the world. I can’t tell you how many times I have been to a country where the local people told me about something like this British tourists did recently and how outraged they were. Many people in countries around the would like to ban them.

Americans have a good reputation as tourists. Part of that is relatively few, mostly wealthy and well educated Americans travel much.


13 posted on 10/14/2017 10:53:47 AM PDT by WatchungEagle
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To: NRx

Scumbags - don’t respect anything!


14 posted on 10/14/2017 10:54:14 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: NRx

Who does this?!


15 posted on 10/14/2017 11:13:11 AM PDT by pinkandgreenmom
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To: azcap

The Brits can be very obnoxious it’s true. But Russian yuppies from Moscow and St. Petersburg can really give them a run for their money.


16 posted on 10/14/2017 11:13:22 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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Well, as William Jefferson Clinton once stated on national television [paraphrased] “it really depends on the definition of what is is...” he was referring to oral sex and the definition of sex in that context. Hillary sat dutifully next to Willy nodding her noggin in mock acceptance.

For some odd reason Willie Jeff didn’t agree that oral sex was sex at all... In all probability, and I jest here, he was trying to wiggle out of a tight spot. I’m not sure if the Moussad operative Lewinsky had presented the blue dress for evidence at this point. Perhaps not but when she did l and the trophy was analyzed, BAM!

Preposterous as it might seem, Klintoon might have actually reconciled that oral sex was just akin to a peck on the cheek, and he actually thought people were going to buy into his warped sense of reason, which is the weirdest part of it all.

The human mind, or rather the debauched human mind appears to find certain perversions acceptable which are well outside of social norms. Carnality abounds. It is indeed a sad commentary.


17 posted on 10/14/2017 11:17:46 AM PDT by Clutch Martin (Hot sauce aside, every culture has its pancakes, just as every culture has its noodle.)
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To: NRx

And I thought matching pastel tuxes for groomsmen was tacky...


18 posted on 10/14/2017 11:21:12 AM PDT by Chuckster ("Them Rag Heads just ain't rational" Curly Bartley 1973)
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To: WatchungEagle

About six months ago, there was an article on all the various ex-pat groups in Japan. The top three (Chinese, Korean, Filipino) all have crime rates higher than the native Japanese. The lowest and fourth largest group in numbers— Americans.


19 posted on 10/14/2017 11:21:26 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: utahagen
Trouble is ... the Bible declares that our hearts are deceitfully wicked, who can know them?

The behavior and photos are bad enough. Wickedness in the heart is worse. And a lot of that wickedness hides in "robes of (self)-righteousness in pew after pew and is also rife among spiritual "leaders" of every flavor.

20 posted on 10/14/2017 11:36:20 AM PDT by JockoManning (to cpy/paste if want: http://preview.tinyurl.com/Haiku-For-The-End-Times)
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