Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday August 30 1998 — Page 7 Greek Orthodox leader makes like a ‘Thunderbolt’ By Patrick Quinn beyond the pulpit ATHENS Greece — He’s supposed to be a messenger of peace tionally eqjoyed deep respect at keepers of an essential element of the Greek ethnic identity during Orthodox leaders have But the leader of the Greek Orthodox Church is sounding more like a general preparing for tt tradi- four centuries of Muslim Ottoman rule The church helped fan the 1821 independence revolt But boasting shout the past is not the same as chiming in on current affairs critics say Christodoulos could be inflam ing nationalist fervor at a highly sensitive time Plans by Greek ft Cypriots to deploy missiles on their part of Cyprus are heightening tensions between Greece and neighboring Turkey whose troops occupy the northern “We are ready if necessary to Mood ana make sacrifices We as a church pray for peace But we Mere the sacred weapons when the moment demands it” Archbishop Christodoulos said recently on the Assumption of the anti-aircra- Virginhol) day which doubles as Greece’s armed forces day In the nearly fourmonths since his enthronement Christodoulos 39 has peppered Greeks with third of the divided Mediterranean island “If he wants to reinvigorate feisty opinions on everything from economic affairs to the ir Cuban airliner crash kills 69 church life he should stress pastoral work religious education the education or clergy outreach to the young and not by way of or political rabble rousing1’ said Nicholas P Constat an assistant professor of the- dream of reclaiming lands from the “barbaric" links and others Initially viewed as a reformer who might modernize the church Christodoulos has become a darling of the far right The ultra-national- ist ology at Harvard newspaper Stohos dubbed him “Archbishop Thun- Divinity School Christodoulos shows no signs of quieting down derbolt” His stormy comments reach far AP photo Archbishop Christodoulos leader of the Greek Orthodox Church has peppered Greeks with fealty opinions on everything from economic affairs to the dreams of reclaiming Greek lands from the "barbaric" Turks During the Aug 13 armed forces day blessing he vowed “as the leader of the Greeks" to open an abandoned monastery in Turkey And he called for the restoration of Greek lands in Turkey bellowing die war cry of the ancient Spartans: “We stand defiant!" “We send a message in every direction to the civilized West and the barbaric East” he cried Christodoulos says his only mission is to get people back to church but many of his state ments are political Among other things he warned that the government’s policies to align Greece's economy with the rest of the European Union are leading to “perdition and destruc- - non He has lambasted efforts to fully separate church from state and threatened to smite critics with his scepter crowned by two intertwined snakes being crushed by a cross Some officials have had enough “If he wants to deal with politics he should take off his QUITO Ecuador (AP) — A Cuban commercial airplane burst into flames and crashed during takeoff Saturday in Ecuador killing at least 69 people authorities said Witnesses said the Russian-mad- e Tupolev aircraft owned by Cubana de Aviacion lost altitude and clipped the top of an auto mechanic's shop beyond the end of the runway at the Quito international airport before plowing into a soccer field The plane was heading to Guayaquil on the Ecuadorean coast and then on to Havana Red Cross official Galo Lcoro said the plane had just started taking off when apparently at least one motor failed and the aircraft crashed several hundred yards beyond the end of the runway Channel 10 television inter- viewed Cuban survivor Hernan Boada 27 who suffered a broken ankle “Before we heard the roar of the crash we felt the plane rise a bit and burst in flames There were three explosions" Boada said "I saw other people wrapped in flames jump from the plane” Boada said that “people nearby in a soccer field helped me get away from the plane fearing explosions" gers Alfredo Albuja head of emer- President Jamil Mahuad went to the crash site and told reporters he was asking investigators to complete studies as soon as possible for building an airport outside the capital The current airport is in the middle of the city surrounded by neighborpopulous middle-clas- s Aviation Office said at least 69 people were killed in the crash but did not specify if that included anyone killed on the ground A local radio station reported that four people died when the complained about the noise and the possibility of accidents In 1984 an Ecuadorean cargo plane slammed into a neighborhood beyond the end of the runway killing 63 people Airport officials said there were 76 passengers and six crew members on board They did not say what caused the crash or provide robes” said Justice Minister the nationalities of the Evangelos Yannopoulos Unlike a politician Christodoulos has to answer to no one Orthodoxy one of more than a dozen Orthodox churches worldwide is Greece's state religion More than 90 percent of its 102 million people are baptized into the church plane struck the mechanic's shop but that could not be confirmed "There must be many dead but there are also survivors I pulled one person out alive" said civil defense volunteer Hugo Albuja passen- gency operations for the Civil hoods and people have often Brits lay bouquets in Diana's memory f LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of people laid bouquets at Kensington Palace Princess Diana's former home on Saturday two days before the first anniversary of the princess's death Newspapers added to the antic- Quality ipation surrounding Monday’s publishing big spreads about Diana Despite a commemoration 905 North Main Logan Utah IN 1 ‘windshield Mi Hiipalr 753-667- 1 Mvtlui'cuirnlN that only 6 percent of Britons plan to observe the anniversary people came to Kensington Palace steadily and bunches of flowers were once more balanced on the palace railings But it wu a trickle com- pared with the hundreds of thousands who turned the area into a sea of flowers in the week Free hand wash with every Life time warranty against REPLACEMENT LEAKS & STRESS FRACTURES a after the princess was killed in a car crash in Paris “ 'Free mobile service All factory first windows MARKET DECLINES! 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