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Petros Giannakouris
People on a boat hold flares as they sail behind the effigy of Judas during the revival of the old Easter tradition of the "burning of the Judas," in the port town of Ermioni, in the Peloponnese peninsula, southwest of Athens, April 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
April 9, 2018, 5:09 pm
Greek towns ritually burn Judas as Orthodox celebrate Easter
Custom has a history of implied hostility toward Jews as ‘killers of Christ,’ but this year some dressed their effigies up as Erdogan
By Petros Giannakouris and DEMETRIS NELLAS
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