While the repercussions of the train crash in Greece, which resulted in the death of 57 people and left the whole country in mourning, the statement of the former Metropolitan of Kalavrita Amvrosios was on the agenda. The Greek cleric claimed that the train accident was caused by the sins committed in a carnival in the country.
Former Metropolitan Amvrosios described the Patras Carnival, which is celebrated in Greece every year in February, as ‘the devil’s feast’ and claimed that ‘the sins committed here cause God’s anger’.
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In an article published on a religious website, former Metropolitan Amvrosios associated the accident in which 57 people lost their lives with the sins committed during the carnival and said, “What is this tragedy in Tempe if not an expression of the wrath of our Lord against the devil’s carnival celebration?”
The statement received a wide reaction in the Greek public opinion.
It was stated that 57 people were killed in the accident in Tempi, north of Larisa in Greece, when a passenger train and a freight train collided, some wagons derailed and the front wagons burned.
The Greek government declared a 3-day national mourning after the deadliest train accident in the country’s history.
