The Muslim minority in northeast Greece is outraged and unanimously condemned the destruction of the Ottoman-era Muslim cemetery of Horozlu in the village of Peteinos, in the prefecture of Xanthi. The local municipality of Avdira wants to turn the field containing the 17th-century cemetery into an amusement park with a football field, other sports fields […]
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Mixed up the dead
A terrible incident occurred in Ptolemais, when relatives were given for burial the body not of their deceased father, but, as it turned out much later, the body of an unknown woman. The revelation of an inhabitant of the community, Anatoliko Eordayas, is horrifying: “We almost buried not my father, but the corpse of an […]
Crematorium for pets
A mini crematorium for burning animals is expected to be opened in Eastern Thessaloniki in the near future. It will be located on the site where the only pet cemetery in the region has been operating since 2009. This decision was made and approved by the authorities to further meet the needs of people who […]
Coronavirus: new graves are being dug in cemeteries in Thessaloniki
The municipality of Oreokastro decided in advance to prepare new graves in the cemeteries of the area as the situation got out of control. The death toll is on the rise, the pandemic in Greece is spreading rapidly and dozens of people die every day. According to ThessToday.gr, in December last year, the authorities of […]
Pandemonium at the metropolitan’s funeral
In his last “residence”, in the sacred monastery of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos in Trichonis, rests Metropolitan of Aetolia and Acarnania Kosmas, who lost the battle with the coronavirus on Monday 3 December. The Holy Father was admitted to the Evangelismos Hospital, where he was taken in serious condition and intubated. However, […]
The marauder penetrated the dwellings of the deceased, whom he buried the day before
A cemetery worker was arrested who entered the house of the deceased, whom he himself buried. The 44-year-old man fell into the hands of the police in Rhodes, as he was accused of stealing from the house of the deceased, who was buried the day before. The undertaker, who has repeatedly come under the scrutiny […]
Antitrust Authority Investigates Lesbos Cemetery Cartel
Fifteen tombstone companies and a charity that operates a nursing home are accused of running a cartel in Lesbos for nearly 15 years in Lesbos to set prices for tombstones, according to the country’s antitrust authority. In a statement released earlier this week, the Greek Competition Commission said an investigation showed that 15 companies that […]
The Stolen Dead Found in Drama
The stolen body of a 76-year-old man, which mysteriously disappeared from a cemetery in Kavala, was finally found in the family grave in the Ag cemetery. Athanasios in the city of Drama! It all started with the fact that the second wife of the man, having come to the grave of her husband on the […]
Stole … the deceased
An incredible incident took place in Kavala. Unidentified persons opened the grave and took the deceased. An incident that simply does not fit into my head happened at the Eleftteroupoli cemetery in Kavala. Unknown persons dug the grave in which the man was recently buried, opened the coffin and kidnapped the dead man, according to […]