Albania, Security NewsBurned Byzantine church in Narta, Vlora`s Region, unknown the vandals
Photo: Orthodoxe Monastir of Zvernetsi, Narte.
Photo: Orthodoxe Monastir of Zvernetsi, Narte.
According to “News 24 TV” an old Byzantine Church has burned in Narta, center of the Greek Community area, 10 km in northern Vlora town.
The church is burned totally even the inhabitants helped by authorities make every efforts to stop the fires.
This case is unique regarding the systematically attacks against orthodox churches in Southern Albania particularly Christian Byzantines more of 800 year existence. The Byzantine church of Narta is one of important cult of the Greek Ethnic Community area between Aulona and Apollonia old Byzantine centers of the region a front of Adriatic Sea.
Unknown the vandals but the event has happened during the period of Christmas day, when the region is populated by thousand inhabitants most of them are emigrant in Greece.
The church is burned totally even the inhabitants helped by authorities make every efforts to stop the fires.
This case is unique regarding the systematically attacks against orthodox churches in Southern Albania particularly Christian Byzantines more of 800 year existence. The Byzantine church of Narta is one of important cult of the Greek Ethnic Community area between Aulona and Apollonia old Byzantine centers of the region a front of Adriatic Sea.
Unknown the vandals but the event has happened during the period of Christmas day, when the region is populated by thousand inhabitants most of them are emigrant in Greece.
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