Saint Gregory Palamas Holy Metropolitan Church Vandalized in Thessaloniki

Country: Greece

Date of incident: February 19, 2020


Two young men were arrested and charged with vandalism at the Church of St. Gregory Palamas in Thessaloniki. The 24 and 22-year-olds splattered paint and scattered flyers at the busts in the Metropolitan Courtyard. The young men, members of the Thessaloniki Freedom Initiative, claim they acted in protest against “obscurantism and nationalism.”

 

 

Source: Ortho Christian