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Why do Greek priests have long hair? Why are Greek churches full of icons but short of seats? Why is Easter a different date in Greece? Whether you are a first-time visitor to Greece or a long-term resident, you will find the answers to these and a host of other questions about Greek churches in this book. With many illustrations and a generous sprinkling of humour, this is an indispensable guide for anyone wanting to see Greece beyond the beaches and bars. For this second edition, there are improved colour photographs and expanded content, including more information on feast days and Greek names, and a new section on monasteries. This budget edition is identical to the full-price version except that the photographs are black and white.

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Born in Sussex, England, in 1948, Chris Moorey attended St. Catherine's College, Oxford and the University of Surrey. Having worked for British Telecomm for about twenty years, he solved his mid-life crisis in 1994 by moving with his wife to Greece, where he found teaching English to Greek children considerably more satisfying than statistical analysis of telephone usage! In 2001, he and his wife were baptized into the Orthodox Church. Chris is the author of Traveling Companions, a book of saints' lives and Under Mount Oxa, a guide to the churches of Elounda. He is currently working on a book of Orthodox martyrs of the twentieth century and a brief history of the Orthodox Church under Enver Hoxha's rule in Albania.

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