State ERT television reported Friday that the village of Panagitsa in the Pella region has lacked a resident priest since 2018.
Since then, visiting clerics have conducted services and dealt with residents’ spiritual needs, usually driving about 30 kilometers to get there from the nearest town, Edessa.
Panagitsa is also promising to help the wives and children of interested priests find work locally if they so wish.
Village officials say they have already received several responses from prospective resident priests.