ESFIGMENOU MONASTERY PRESS RELEASE

[Jean-Serge]

A question to those who are in Greece: is there going to be a demonstration to support the monks?

[Barbara]

I was so amazed that they would use THAT as the backbone for their story.
That's CBS, of course, a gigantic liar. Because of that, I hesitated to look at the article.
But curiosity overcame me and I succumbed. Shock to see the spin they put on it.

Yes ! Maria is smart. That's no doubt what happened. Monks would not do that ;
but the general public does not know that.

Why was the angle not against the Greek government's thug-like tactics ?

A commentator tells the truth on that page good for him :

NikosofAthos says: It seems the Greek Government has taken a page out of the IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) and tried to bulldozer the property of Esphigmenou Monastery. Like the Israeli's who want to evict Palestinians off thier lands, the Greek's are trying to "rid" themselves of these defenseless and down trodden monks from the only home they know. With disproportionate brute force, the Greek government used a bulldozed to try to "evict" the Esphigmenou Monk.

See video:

[Dcn.Ephrem]

Don't trust the criminals with the bulldozer: http://nftu.net/esphigmenou-responds-bombs-thrown/

[Jean-Serge]

It seems that the icture of a bomb holding a molotc cocktail is photoshopped... It would not be a surprise... Strange that they can't provide a video.

http://theoldcalendarist.blogspot.ca/20 ... st_30.html

[Alexandros]

I have attached the real (un-photoshoped version) below

For Immediate Release: July 29, 2013

Contact: John Rigas, Friends of Esphigmenou, comments@esphigmenou.com

CORRECTING THE RECORD ON THE ATTACKS TODAY AGAINST THE ESPHIGMENOU MONKS

ATHENS, GREECE -- Statement from John Rigas, President of Friends of Esphigmenou Monastery on Mt. Athos:

"I just spoke with one of the Esphigmenou monks, Father Sava, and want to correct the record about the ongoing attacks against the monastery today.

This morning, a group of around 20 large armed men armed attacked the Esphigmenou monastery building in Karyes, Mt. Athos where the monks were engaged in quiet prayer.
This is the 12th day that the monastery has been under siege. The monks twice asked for the men to leave in peace after a city clerk attempted to serve them with eviction papers.
Then the 20 large men attempted to smash their way into the monastery building with a construction bulldozer.
As you can see in the video, uniformed Greek police stood around while a bulldozer attacked the property and attempted to smash down the front door:

This bulldozer came within 15 centimeters of killing a defenseless monk (who was behind the door and did sustain injuries) with its steel blade .

Contrary to media reports, they did NOT throw any bombs. I specifically asked Fr. Sava about these alleged “bombs”
and he said that they do not have bombs and did not throw any bombs.
It appears Greek government officials are trying to cover up their complicity in these lawless
and criminal activities by spreading false reports to media outlet now that their nefarious activity has been exposed.
The video of the attack shows that there is no evidence of bombs or aggressive action by the monks.

UPDATE: More than 80 armed Greek police currently surround monastery building filled with peaceful monks
who only want to be left alone to pray.
Now the government has cut off their water supply. The monks continue to pray for peace
and ask for the prayers of the faithful and appeal to the Mother of God for protection.

Monks at Esphigmenou have already died at the hands of the government due to lack of food, water and medical supplies.
Now the government almost killed a monk today with a bulldozer.

The Greek government needs to focus on getting its economy back on track -- wasting taxpayer Euros on persecuting innocent monks needs to stop today.”

[Jean-Serge]

Is it possible to have a bigger picture?

[Jean-Serge]

This website in Greek (use automatic translators) list all elements proving a forged picture :

Here is the list of elements proving the forgery :

1. The peaceful and lowered gaze and relaxed stance of the body does not go with throwing a bomb. Where is the bottle being thrown towards and where is the monk gazing at?

2. The hand is in a position where something is not being gripped, but instead it is just in a simply Greek gesture of "what's up".

3. The liquid in the bottle is not a the correct angle.

4. The flame (numbers 4 and 7) is not only on the wick, but also "dangerously" running over the neck of the bottle showing that the flammable liquid is escaping. But in that case the flame would surround the neck of the bottle and not instead of growing along one side of the bottle. The wick does not continue into the bottle. If the wick was just caught on to the lid then it wouldn't burn.

5. With such a great flame and a flame that is also caused by leaking flammable liquid, if the contents were alcohol then this should have exploded in the monks hand. If the liquid is oil or petroleum based, it should be smoking.

6. All around the dependency houses are reporters with cameras and only this photo? Where was the bomb thrown? Were did it land? No photos of the explosion? The bomb then disappeared

http://tsoutsouneros.arvanitis.eu/archives/38623