title: Greece During the Crimean War
abstract: The confessional clash in Palestine during the 1840s and 1850s evoked a potent element of Greek nationalism, and the Greek people exhibited unanimous sympathy for the Orthodox cause. The timing of the international quarrel in the Holy Land was precipitous. In March 1853 elaborate religious services and public festivities in Athens celebrated the anniversary of the Greek Revolution. Similar commemorations were prepared for the 400th anniversary of the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottoman Tur