The northern Greek city of Thessaloniki on Friday launched the First Gay Pride festival which will run until June 23. The event has not been received well by the representatives of the Greek Orthodox Church and representatives such as the city's Bishop Anthimos even described it as “an unacceptable event the city’s ethics.”
“We feel puzzled and saddened over this parade and demonstrate against it since we are aware of the fact that our fellow citizens, both men and women and mostly young people, have already announced they will protest against this immoral parade which is about to take place in our city. We react especially because they will pass in front of our two big Churches, that of St Grigorios Palama and St Catherine,” adds Bishop Anthimos.
On Friday morning Bishop Anthimos was invited to speak on a SKAI channel news show where he said that it is insulting that this event is being held in Thessaloniki because it is being staged between two historical churches. "What purpose is there in holding this event in Thessaloniki", asked Anthimos while he noted that he regarded the (sexy) uniforms of some of the participants in the parade as being provocative.
The 1st Thessaloniki Gay pride includes various events, such as information on such issues, a screening of short movies, as well as a one-hour-long parade in downtown Thessaloniki and it was organized so that homosexuals, bisexuals and transsexuals can protest for their rights.
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