People of Greece
The Greek language with a documented record spanning three and a half millennia
is a strong element of national continuity. Modern Greek derives from the same
idiom used by Homer.
Greek is also the language of the Gospels Of all citizens
of the Hellenic Republic: 97,6% are Greek Orthodox, 1,3% Muslim, 0,4% Roman
Catholic, 0,1% Protestant, 0,6% other, including Jews.
The Greek
Orthodox Church is autocephalous, with its own Charter but indissolubly
united in doctrine with the Great Church of Constantinople, i.e.
the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
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