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In a moving atmosphere, thousands of believers welcomed on Sunday in Saint (Agia) Barbara the Holy Relics of Saint (Agia) Helen, the mother of Constantine the Great, from Venice to Athens along with a piece of Holy Wood. They both were brought from the Basilica of St. Mark in Venice were they are being kept.

Supreme Court prosecutor Xeni Dimitriou on Wednesday called on a special prosecutor for minors to ensure that the twin brother of the 6-year-old girl killed by her father, a 61-year-old retired police officer, and the children's mother are given all the support they require.

A 61-year-old retired police officer from Aghia Varvara, western Athens, was remanded in custody Tuesday after defending himself before an investigating magistrate on murder charges after allegedly killing his 6-year-old daughter and disposing of her body in a garbage dumpster.

A 61-year-old man from Aghia Varvara, western Athens, is to face an investigating magistrate on murder charges on Tuesday after allegedly killing his 6-year-old daughter and disposing of her body in a garbage dumpster.

The National Park of the Samaria Gorge in western Crete is opening its doors to visitors on Thursday after municipal crews fixed damages and cleared stones that fell in the trail during winter.

The Athens metro will have been extended to Piraeus, Aghia Varvara, Korydallos and Nikaia by 2019, Transport Minister Christos Spirtzis said on Wednesday during a visit to the Maniatika area of Piraeus where the tunnel boring machine extending the metro's route is to start excavating.

Police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang of robbers that had been targeting taxi drivers in the area of Aghia Varvara in western Athens.

One 28-year-old gang member was arrested on Wednesday while police are seeking another three suspects, aged 19, 33 and 34.

According to reports, the gang had been active over the past three months.

A 24-year-old man alleged to be behind a series of muggings on taxi drivers in the western Athens suburb of Aghia Varvara was being questioned by police on Monday while another suspect, also aged 24, was being sought in connection with the same attacks.

The pair face charges of belonging to a criminal organization, robbery and causing grievous bodily harm.

The Greek Foreign Ministry issued a statement expressing its concerns over a rise in recent incidents of individuals disrupting Orthodox Christian services in Churches in Constantinople.