Mt. Athos, December 13, 2024
Photo: voria.gr
A 40-year-old monk was found dead on a rocky shore in the Monoxylites area of Provata on the southern coast of Mt. Athos.
The disappearance of the monk of Xenophontos Monastery had been reported to the Karyes Police Station on November 29.
With the assistance of personnel from the Mt. Athos Police Department and the Karyes [the “capital” of Mt. Athos] Fire Service, the body was transported to a point accessible by sea and from there was transferred by private vessel to the mainland, reports voria.gr, which gives the monk’s name as Epiphanios.
The monk’s body, which was in an advanced state of decomposition, will be transferred to the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki’s Laboratory of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology for autopsy and examination.
A preliminary investigation into the incident is being conducted by the Mt. Athos Port Authority.
“What is concerning is that his traces were lost from Xenophontos Monastery on the western coast of Mount Athos, and he was found quite far away, on the southern rocky shores of the Athonite state,” writes voria.gr.
May Fr. Epiphanios’ memory be eternal!
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