The Damaskinos Report

Contrary to appearances, I am not Greek. So where does the name come from?

The blog is named after Archbishop Damaskinos of the Greek Orthodox Church. He was the Archbishop of Athens during the Second World War, and was notable for his defiance of the Nazi occupying authorities and efforts to save Jews.

But the thing that made me name the blog after him is a story claiming that he was once threatened by the Nazis with death by firing squad. Upon hearing this, Damaskinos allegedly said, "According to the traditions of the Greek Orthodox Church, our prelates are hung and not shot. Please respect our traditions!"

Now that's my kind of guy. Read a bit about him here.

I will write whenever I can on whatever I feel like - put up with it or else!