Bishop of Thessaloniki praises 'high intellectual calibre' of Tsipras and Varoufakis

First entry: 24 February 2015

A senior cleric of the Greek Orthodox Church has praised the new Greek government for its handling of the negotiations with the Eurozone partners.
Bishop Anthimos of Thessaloniki, among the country’s most hardline clerics, has come out batting for the Greek premier Alexis Tsipras and Yanis Varoufakis, his finance minister.
Anthimos said that both have a “high intellectual calibre". He added:
"Secondly they believe in what they are trying to achieve, and thirdly they have the persistence and clarity to continually change what they want so that they arrive at a good result … that is, they are two men who are fighting and struggling. We have to recognise that.”