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Grave robbers steal remains of Cyprus Archbishops

Grave robbers in Cyprus have attacked the tombs of three archbishops in a case which echoed one targeting a former president's remains last December.

Cyprus police on Sunday arrested a Romanian man suspected of vandalising the tombs of three archbishops who led the church in the late 19th and early 20th century, a police spokesman said.

The graveyard in central Nicosia is a burial ground for several senior clerics of Cyprus's Orthodox Church, an ancient institution tracing its lineage back to some of the earliest followers of Jesus.
Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)