Vandals spray-painted anarchist slogans on the walls of the Byzantine-era Church of Prophet Elias in Thessaloniki.
“Kiss the priest’s hand and taste death afterwards,” was one of the slogans.
Vandalism in Bizantine Church
Case information
- Incident date
- Country
- Greece
- Place
- Thessaloniki
- Categories
- Social Hostility / Intolerance
- Attack Against
- Faith
- Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
- Anti-Religion or Humanism Groups
- Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
- Vandalism (all)
- Vandalism of Church
- Place of Incident
- Church
- Bias Indicators
- Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
- Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
- Reported to Police
- Unknown
- Response of Local Authorities
- Unknown