Archbishop Christodoulos, head of the Greek Orthodox church, to which 98% of the population belongs, is partly to blame.

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Archbishop Demetrios marks his second decade guiding the Greek Orthodox Church and community in America, four decades as a bishop, and, recently, his 82nd birthday.

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Snowe, 66, came about her independence through being orphaned at age 9 and sent off to an out-of-state boarding school run by the Greek Orthodox Church.

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The Greek Orthodox church may also be told to stump up half of the wage costs for priests, despite earlier reassurances that the state would continue to foot the entire bill.

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The Greek Catholics, who follow Orthodox-style rites but are loyal to the Vatican, re-established their church in 1991.

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