Volunteers restore church in Lesvos trashed by illegal immigrants

Source: Greek City Times

June 1, 2020

    

The Saint Catherine church in the small town of Moria on Lesvos, hit international headlines when it was trashed by illegal immigrants over a month ago.

Things only got worse for the church when it was being used as a place for illegal immigrants to defecate in.

A local in Moria described the scene.

“The smell inside is unbearable,” said Makis Pavlellis, a butcher. “Discussing with people about the Church, we learned that the metropolitan of Mytilene is aware of the situation in the area nevertheless he does not wish to deal with it for his own reasons.”

However, it appears that there is finally good news for the small chapel located near the infamous Moria migrant camp.

...Read the rest at Greek City Times.

6/1/2020

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