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.

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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12/5/2024

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