Rescue teams searching for missing Athonite monk

Mt. Athos, December 5, 2024

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A monk of Mt. Athos has been missing for five days now.

Authorities were alerted about the disappearance of a monk from Xenophontos Monastery on Monday, reports Romfea.

Members of the Hellenic Rescue Team from Thessaloniki, Kavala, and Chalkidiki and a unit from the Fire Service arrived on the Holy Mountain, using a drone and a search dog to assist in the rescue operation.

Rescue teams searching for missing Athonite monkBody of monk found on Mt. AthosOfficials believe the body of a monk who has been missing since last month has been found on the Holy Mountain.

“>In May 2023, the body of Monk George K. from the Holy Cell of St. Artemios of the Great Lavra, who had been missing for a month, was found less than a mile from the cell.

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