It’s appeared numerous times on our newsfeed on Facebook from various pages.
It’s a video of a Greek celebration and a Greek Orthodox priest, reported by one page to be 72 years old, dancing a traditional Tsamiko dance in a village near Ioannina.
One of the pages we saw had over 1 million views of the video.
Not much has been verified about the priest from the videos we’ve seen other than his age, but one thing is for certain.
This guy can move.
If anyone knows him, where he comes from— please share our appreciation and congratulations.
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I was suprised to see the priest dancing I was brought up orthodox and with the believe that Orthodox priests don’t dance after they have been ordainedSo maybe someone can explain why he is dancing
There is no rule for priests not to dance. It is a social rule that is more heavily imposed on the priest but has nothing to do on actual rules of priesthood.
There is no ‘rule’ in the Orthodox church that states that they are not allowed to dance as far as I know. We need to remember that they are humans too and that they have the right to celebrate in whatever way that may be. However the most important thing about this video is that the priest is dancing to a Greek traditional song and this dance (tsamiko) is a very ‘respected’, old, traditional Greek dance that shows a lot about his character. This dance does not include any inappropriate moves neither the song any inappropriate lyrics. It should also be mentioned that this is the dance that the ‘soldiers’ of the mountains in the 1800s, the people who fought for the Orthodoxy and freedom against the Ottomans, were dancing with pride. I know it’s something that you don’t see too often but can happen.
Our priest in Galveston, Texas performed traditional Greek dances at all of the church celebrations. He was very talented.
May I also add that there are only men dancing with the priest. Not that a woman dancing is inappropriate, it is more like a sign of respect in this case, very often seen in the rural areas of Greece.
Here is another video of Father Giorgis, celebrating the Resurrection of Christ. https://www.facebook.com/ReadThePappasPost/videos/10155858171690131/?pnref=story