However, at the same time, this four-day assembly program was presented in many other countries. An Athens, Greece, newspaper reported regarding just one of the assemblies in that country: “Some 20,000 persons of all ages​—whole families with their children in perambulators—​attended the ‘District Assembly’ of Jehovah’s Witnesses.”​—Ta Nea, June 25, 1976.

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Delegates to the “Sacred Service” Assembly in Athens, Greece.

The Athens, Greece, News reported: “The competent police authorities of Athens were also this year impressed by the exemplary order in which nearly 20,000 people, mostly from Athens district, were assembled . . . for four days in a decent, thoughtful and happy disposition.”​—June 29, 1976.