ALERT on Mount Athos: A Monk Was Brutally Beaten by an Unknown Person. The Aggressor Is Being Sought by Authorities

Illustrative image A serious incident took place on Thursday evening, May 22, in the heart of Orthodox monastic life, on Mount Athos, where a young novice brother aged 20 was the victim of a violent attack. The event took place around 7:45 p.m., in the representative headquarters of the Esfigmenu Monastery in Kareia, the administrative capital of the Holy Mountain, reports iefimerida.gr. Read also: Don't let the day pass and you will have an arg…