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Jail For Man Who Mocked Orthodox Monk On Facebook
- The Guardian, Saturday, January 18, 2014 2:40 PM
A man who created a Facebook page poking fun at a revered Greek Orthodox monk has been sentenced to 10 months in prison in Greeceafter being found guilty of blasphemy. Thousands of Greeks took to social networking sites to protest against the arrest in 2012 of Filippos Loizos, 28, who used a play on words to portray Father Paisios as a traditional pasta-based dish.
