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What religion are Greek people?

These people are very Greek, i.e. they don't speak English very well, and I'm sure that it is Greek because they own a Greek restaurant. Anyway, I want to send them a Christmas card, but I'm not sure if I should do a religious one or not. I could just do a generic, "Happy Holidays," but they're quite eccentric and like "hhey! get him a baklava!" (lol), so I think they'd like a religious one if they ARE religious. So, my question is, is it safe to assume that if someone is Greek, they are probably some denomination of Christian? Thanks so much! I'll pick a best answer TODAY!

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  1. They could be Greek Orthodox http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Church
  2. Greek Orthodox for the most part.
  3. Almost all Greeks are Orthodox Christians (Greek Orthodox, to be specific). They celebrate Christmas like other Christians.
  4. Possibly Greek orthodox, but why not just ask them, it's less embarrassing than being wrong. If you know them well enough to send a card, you should be able to ask this ?.
  5. Greek Orthodox-Catholic and Muslim.
  6. They could of course be any religion, their nationality doesn't matter, but most likely they are Greek Orthodox, which is sort of like a Catholic in the services they have at their church, without the pope's influence on how they should react to various topics. A "Merry Christmas" card would not be out of line, but you might want to skip the Santa cards :)
  7. Probably Greek Orthodox Christians. At least 95 percent of all Greeks claim membership in the Greek Orthodox church. Christmas isn't as big a deal for them as other denominations. They DO make a big deal out of St. Nicholas' Day (which was last week on the 6th) and The Feast of the Epiphany (January 6th). Whatever you do, if it's from the heart, will be fine.
  8. They probably come from Greece.
  9. Whatever religion or lack of they want to be. Ethnicity and religion is largely a thing of the past. Italy took priests off the national payroll years ago. France traditionally being non religious sometimes to an extreme permitted the showing of the movie The Passion of the Christ and has for years allowed and tolerated well religious groups building churches. Spain isn't Catholic as it once was being equally protestant now as well as Islamic houses of worship. ''So, my question is, is it safe to assume that if someone is Greek, they are probably some denomination of Christian?" Nope, not anymore. It's not safe to assume or equate ethnicity or country of origin with an assigned religion.
  10. They are likely to be of the Greek Orthodox faith. They probably celebrate Christmas on a different day than most other Christians. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Church http://www.ocf.org/OrthodoxPage/ There is a very, very slight chance that they might not be Eastern Orthodox but actually believe in the ancient Greek Gods and practice something based on ancient Greek religion. There are a very small minority of people in or from Greece who do. Here's a video about them: http://www.nationalfilmnetwork.com/store/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductID=182&Title=I%20Still%20Worship%20Zeus It's much more likely that they are Greek Orthodox Christians.
  11. Hey, James, our friend, Greeks are just about the best people in the world. Any religion that they hold is not as important as personal contact. Take them a box of oranges.
  12. They are Eastern Orthodox Christians.
  13. Hi They are religious if they are Greek - 99% of Greeks are Greek Orthodox (Christian) Write Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year here it is in Greek capitals so you can impress the neighbours ΚΑΛΑ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥΓΕΝΝΑ ΚΑΙ ΚΑΛΗ ΧΡΟΝΙΑ and the same to yourself! BTW a lot of answers here are slightly wrong - e.g Greeks do make a huge fuss of Christmas - Ag Nickolaos (6th) is celebrated only by those who share the name Nicholas - Nichola etc - The biggest Greek Orthodox celebration is Easter. However the difference from Christian Christmas and Orthodox Christian Christmas is - santa doesn't come on Christmas Eve and it's not St Nicholas - It's St Basil and he brings the gifts on New Year's Eve. And to the answerer who said that Greeks are not religious anymore like elsewhere- soooooo wrong! They are God fearing people!
  14. the majority of us are orthodox. Have a merry Christmas and a happy new year. kala xristougenna. Kai Eytyxismeno to Neo Etos you can learn how to say it here. http://www.holidays.net/christmas/audio/v-greekf.wav http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_OrthodoxKai
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