Greek police arrest abbot for trafficking in valuables
Greek police have arrested the abbot of the Spileo rock monastery in Kalavrita, Kallinikos, and his assistant, monk Seraphim, after they were preparing to sell 17 Byzantine icons and two gospels from 1737 and 1761 for 200,000 euros. According to police, at least one icon and the gospels were stolen from the Sparta area. The […]
