“Is Xenoi alien? My Greek is very bad.”
It can mean that. Actually it means “stranger” though in this context it is a derogatory term for a non-cradle Orthodox. It is generally used thusly: “That Xenos is afflicted with crazy convert disease”!
Oh . . . so Greeks are the 'ezrachim and non-Greeks are gerim. Got it.
“Oh . . . so Greeks are the ‘ezrachim...”
Or Russians, or Ukrainians, or Serbs, or Bulgarians, or Georgians or Romanians, or Ethiopians, or Egyptians, or various Arabs or Albanians....
and non-Greeks are gerim. Got it.”
Or non-Russians, or non-Ukrainians, or non-Serbs, or non-Bulgarians, or non-Georgians or non-Romanians, or non-Ethiopians, or non-Egyptians, or various non-Arabs or Albanians....
I’m happy you were able to figure it out.