Fire breaks out in Mount Athos monastery

   A fire broke out at 15:30 on Saturday in the Monastery of Agios Panteleimonas, also known as the 'Russian Monastery', in the semi-autonomous monastic community on the Mount Athos peninsula. Authorities said that neither human lives nor the monastery church were at risk.

   According to information given to the ANA-MPA by the Mount Athos
fire brigade, the fire began in the wing containing the monks' cells and there are currently six fire engines and 12 firemen fighting the blaze.





source: ANA-MPA