Vrisa

Local authorities and government officials held a meeting on Tuesday in the village of Vrisa on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos to discuss the fate of monuments that were damaged in the devastating earthquake that struck last year.

The Infrastructure Ministry has cleared emergency funding for Lesvos after last month's 6.3 Richter earthquake, which caused extensive damage to the village of Vrisa, where one person was killed and more than 800 displaced.

A team from the Apostolic Nunciature of Greece on Thursday visited the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos to assess how a 50,000-euro earthquake relief donation by Pope Francis can be best put to use.

Pope Francis has made of donation of 50,000 euros to boost relief efforts on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos, which was struck by a destructive earthquake on June 12, Vatican Radio reported on Tuesday.

The student community of the Psychico College high school will fund the reconstruction of the school in the village of Vrisa, on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos, that was badly damaged in Monday's earthquake, the Athens-based institution has said.

As aftershocks continued to shake Lesvos Tuesday, a day after a 6.1-magnitude quake shook the eastern Aegean island, leaving one woman dead and several people injured, authorities declared a state of emergency and scrambled to accommodate homeless residents and assess the extent of the damage.

Eleni, 43, the unfortunate woman who was crushed under the rubble of her house in the village of Vrisa after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Lesvos, Monday, had been bed-ridden fro the last 2 years, as she suffered from terminal cancer. The mother of two, whose husband George was pulled out from under the collapsed building is in hospital.

Greece's government has vowed to rebuild the region devastated by an earthquake on Monday.

Infrastructure Minister Christos Spirtzis, who was on Tuesday visiting the village of Vrisa on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos, said that the reconstruction effort will not upset the area's traditional architecture.

The Greek island of Lesbos on June 13 labored to pick up the pieces after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake gutted a village, killing a woman and leaving over 15 injured.

The tremor, felt as far as Athens and in many cities in Turkey's west, mainly struck the southern Lesbos village of Vrisa.

Authorities and aid agencies are scrambling to assess the damage of the 6.1 magnitude earthquake that struck the southeastern Aegean island of Lesvos on Monday, killing one woman and injuring at least 10 people.