Athens churches told to use modern Greek: Vernacular worship
Churches in Athens have been told by Archbishop Christodoulos, head of the (Orthodox) Church of Greece, to organize Bible readings in modern Greek. The move reflects concerns that worshipers do not know the old form of the national language traditionally used in services.
Christodoulos has worried that the young especially do not understand this form of Greek and cannot follow services, the newspaper Eleftheros Typos reported. It said a pilot program would start by mid-September in some churches in the Athens area.