Greek novelist and lawyer are first same-sex couple to wed at Athens city hall

Greek author Petros Hadjopoulos hugs his husband lawyer Anastasios Samouilidis (Michael Varaklas/AP)

A Greek novelist and his partner became the first same-sex couple to be married in Athens’ city hall, three weeks after the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Orthodox Christian Greece.

The Greek capital’s mayor officiated at the civil wedding of Petros Hadjopoulos, who writes under the pen name Auguste Corteau, and lawyer Anastasios Samouilidis.