{"id":4712,"date":"2025-03-10T23:51:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T23:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/nikis-natsios-champions-mps-holy-rage-in-national-gallery-blasphemy-clash\/"},"modified":"2025-03-10T23:51:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T23:51:08","slug":"nikis-natsios-champions-mps-holy-rage-in-national-gallery-blasphemy-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/nikis-natsios-champions-mps-holy-rage-in-national-gallery-blasphemy-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"NIKI\u2019s Natsios Champions MP\u2019s \u201cHoly Rage\u201d In National Gallery Blasphemy Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Dimitris Natsios, President of the NIKI party, staunchly defends MP Nikos Papadopoulos after his actions at the National Gallery, asserting there\u2019s no question of expelling him. <\/h2>\n
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On Monday, Papadopoulos entered the Gallery at noon, damaging artworks he deemed blasphemous to Christianity, claiming they insulted the Virgin Mary and saints. Natsios tweeted after midnight that Papadopoulos acted with \u201csacred indignation\u201d against \u201cunholy, monstrous\u201d paintings, fully supporting his motives while noting the MP acted independently, as per NIKI\u2019s earlier statement.<\/p>\n

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Natsios also criticized authorities, questioning why Papadopoulos was \u201cillegally detained\u201d for hours at the Gallery. In a detailed post, he wrote: \u201cTo avoid confusion, MP Nikos Papadopoulos, who faces no expulsion, righteously removed blasphemous artworks that mock the Virgin Mary and our saints.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Earlier that day, Natsios had challenged the Culture Minister, asking if the Gallery would dare exhibit works offending Muslim or Jewish faiths, and decrying the government\u2019s hypocrisy in honoring Orthodoxy while permitting such art. \u201cShame and nothing but shame,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n