Turkish Officials vandalise historic church

"Local government officials removed and threw away roof tiles, broke all the windows and destroyed the window frames

In response to destruction of a historic Orthodox Christian Church by eight officials of a local Ministry of Forestry in Turkey, His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew sent an official letter to Mevlut Kurban, the District Elder of Princess Islands, expressing his 'strong disappointment and shock.'"