Desecration of a historical church in Athens
March 15, 2015. The desecration of the historical church of Saint Anargyri, which is located near to the Faculty of Law in Athens (in Solonos Street), happened early in the morning as reports Kathimerini.gr. The Faculty has been illegally taken over by 200 anarchists who burnt cars and desecrated the church. The Church is a metochi (representation) of the famous Petraki Monastery which has existed for more than 1000 years, and is located next to the building of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece in Athens. The public prosecutor’s office of district and judges of the court of first instance of Athens (Greece) started the prosecution against persons, who made this desecration. The public prosecutor’s office called this action as unprecedented.
The head of the prosecuting department Mr. Elias Zagoraios asked directly the communication of the files and the criminal prosecution against unknown persons for: 1) theft of items which are dedicated to the religious worship from a specific religious place, 2) damages, 3) arson, 4) disrupting of the operation of Law school, 5) illegal carrying and usage of weapons (misdemeanor).
The files were divided in two parts. Those, which concern the criminal action, were sent to the Interrogation, while the others about the misdemeanors were sent to the Hellenic police in order to find and arrest the perpetrators. The police officers are called to act according to the law about the “flagrant torts” so as to prevent any other similar crime.
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