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(31 Jan 2008) SHOTLIST 1. Wide of Athens Cathedral interior 2. Pull-out from senior clerics to wide of Christodoulos in casket 3. Close-up of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew with transition to mid of Bartholomew and senior clerics around Christodoulos' casket 4. Pan across Archbishop Christodoulos' medals 5. Pan from people in church to casket 6. Medium of Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, on left, and President Karolos Papoulias 7. Transition to wide of Athens cathedral 8. Medium of Christodoulos' casket entering First National Cemetery 9. Wide of Christodoulos' casket surrounded by senior clergy and mourners with shot changing to close-up of Christodoulos in casket 10. Wide of mourners surrounding casket 11. Medium of Karamanlis, left, accompanied by his wife 12. Medium of senior clergy and politicians 13. Medium of casket being shut 14. Wide of flowers being thrown on casket STORYLINE The popular but controversially outspoken head of Greece's powerful Orthodox Church was buried in Athens on Thursday in a state funeral attended by thousands of mourners and top Greek officials. Crowds bearing flags clapped and a 21-gun salute rang out as Archbishop Christodoulos' open casket wound through the city centre on a gun carriage, followed by a large cortege on foot. Schools, courts and government offices were closed as Christodoulos was accorded honours typically granted to heads of state, reflecting the power of a church that represents 97 percent of Greece's native-born population. Earlier, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew the First, the Istanbul-based spiritual leader of the world's 250 million Orthodox Christians, led morning prayers at Athens Cathedral, a service attended by Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, President Karolos Papoulias and top Orthodox officials. Bartholomew said the archbishop's death was a great loss for the Orthodox world. Christodoulos died of cancer at his Athens home Monday, aged 69, prompting an outpouring of public grief. Preceded by long files of robed priests, the archbishop's casket was carried 1.5 kilometres (1 mile) to the Athens First Cemetery, near the 1,800-year-old temple of Olympian Zeus, accompanied by a guard of honour made up of 900 soldiers. Flags hung at half-mast across Athens and on the ancient Acropolis. For four days, tens of thousands of Greeks have stood in line for hours to pay their respects to Christodoulos as he lay in state in the Cathedral. The archbishop headed Greece's powerful church for a decade, reinvigorating the vast institution. He eased centuries of tension with the Vatican but angered liberal critics who viewed him as an attention-seeking reactionary who meddled in the affairs of state. In 2001, Christodoulos received the late John Paul II - the first pope to visit Greece in nearly 1,300 years - despite vigorous protests from Orthodox zealots. The archbishop followed up in 2006 with a historic visit to the Vatican. A vocal opponent of issues ranging from homosexuality and globalisation to Turkey's efforts to join the European Union, the archbishop was regularly named Greece's most popular public figure. No candidates have been declared for Christodoulos' succession but contenders are widely expected to include Metropolitan Bishops Anthimos of Thessaloniki and Hieronymos of Thebes, who both lost in 1998, when the church's Holy Synod elected Christodoulos as leader. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...