Devastation And Profanation of the Church of the Ascension

Case information
Incident date
Country
Greece
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Vandalism (all)
  • Insult or Incitement

Unknown vandals broke into the church of the Ascension on the day of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross and devastated it. They destroyed Christian symbols and icons and left the inscription „Eat shit, it’s a treat from Zeus“ on the altar. This shocked local faithful, priests from the church and the couple who saw the incident. Locals appealed to the police to catch the perpetrators.

Source:
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