Athens, May 4, 2025 (AFP) - Church donation box goes digital in Greece

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2025-05-04

Devout regulars attending Athens's main Roman Catholic church that honours a first-century saint have discovered a 21st-century update: their donation box is now hooked up to a digital payments system. The addition of the Point of Sale (POS) device in the Cathedral Basilica of St Dionysius the Areopagite is the first in a Greek church, even though their use is common elsewhere, including in Africa. Such was the stir created in Orthodox-dominate......

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