Gerontas Pastistsios controversy

The Gerontas Pastistsios (ΓÎροντας ΠαστÎ¯τσιος) controversy is an ongoing feud about a Facebook page, which satirizes a well-known Greek monk, Elder Paisios of Mount Athos who died in 1994. The figure, has created bipolar reactions, where some consider him a very important moral religious figure and a prophet, others consider the beliefs surrounding him and his sayings, as laughable or even dangerous. The name Pastistsios is a pun, because Pastitsio is a well known Greek traditional food which is based on pasta, another reference to Pastafarianism and the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. The page has caused major flame wars in the Facebook page, where its proponents argue that it's their right to criticize and satirize anything and that this is covered by the constitution, while their opponents claim that since the Greek Orthodox faith, is the official religion of the state, their actions are sacreligious.
Background
Since the beginnings of the Greek financial crisis, some claim there has been a recovery of the faith of people in miracles. Major newspapers and TV channels have published lately articles and tributes to Elder Paisios. But the major source of supposed miracles, comes from various blogs and websites. This major resurrection of people's faith in the supernatural, has also caused a reaction from people, who joined the Facebook page Gerontas Pastitsios, that criticizes this, as a hysteria.
The Fake Miracle
Members of the Facebook page, who were bothered by both the nature and the extent of this phenomenon, made the hypothesis, that the believers were ready to believe any miracle they heard of, as long as it had the fitting style and content of every other miracle. So, they organised a farce (trolling) of a miracle they just made up. A made-up young boy from Serres who was a drug addict and that with the help of his faith and the assistance of Elder Paisios, was able to recover from a coma. Many blogs reproduced this, and it was even in the cover of a widely read newspaper. Apparently, people who read this, didn't even notice major mistakes like made-up church roles.

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