They stole a reliquary with a Saint's bone from a chapel - They are looking for the perpetrators

They stole a reliquary with a Saint's bone from a church

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A reliquary containing the bones of Agios Nikolaos was taken from the Monastery of Agia Moni, located between Panagia and Statou-Agiou Fotiou, by unknown persons.

According to the Press Spokesman of ADE Paphos and Head of TAE Paphos Michalis Nikolaou, the theft of a reliquary containing a bone of Saint Nicholas which was in the chapel of the Holy Monastery in Statos was reported at 17:00 on Thursday by a priest.

The reliquary, Mr. Nikolaou said, must have been stolen between March 28 and 30. The door of the church, he noted, was not locked, but was open for the faithful.

Police investigations continue to identify perpetrators.