Category Archives: Greece

Vandalism and desecration in an Orthodox Chapel

December 16, 2015. Unknown perpetrators vandalized the chapel of Saint Irini in Spilia region in Crete (Greece), as the website neakriti reports. Unknown perpetrators violated the doors of the church in order to steal money. As they did not found the amount that they expected, they caused serious damages by breaking the icons and destroying the screen, which separates the […]

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Sacrilege action against an Orthodox Church

December 15, 2015. Eight icons were stolen from the Church of Saint Dimitrios in Pogoni region (Greece), as the website romfea reports. The unknown perpetrators violated the doors of the church. The Church of Saint Dimitrios is a historical monument that was built before 1814. It was an important place of prayer for Greeks during the years of Revolution against […]

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Vandalism of an Orthodox Cathedral

December 11, 2015. In Rethymnon (Crete/Greece), unknown persons vandalized the cathedral of the diocese of Rethymnon, as the website rethemnosnews.gr reports. During the night they wrote inscriptions by using black spray all around the outside walls of the Church. The inscriptions were blasphemous against Mother of God. Bishop of Rethymnon Evgenios said for the incident: “we understand absolutely the reasons […]

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Vandalism of a monument to an Orthodox priest

December 8, 2015. Unknown persons vandalized the bust of the Archimandrite Ierotheos Baziotis in Nafplion (Greece). Malefactors used black colour and they painted it, as the website romfea reports. The bust of the Archimandrite is located in the yard of the church of Saint Nikolas where he was as a priest. It is a donation from the students of Nafplion […]

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