Agios Georgios

A representative seaside village of Messinian Mani, Kardamili fascinates visitors with its traditional quaintness.

The four passengers on a sailboat that was floating adrift in the Saronic Gulf without engines or sails have been successfully rescued and are in good health, Greek authorities said on Monday.

A tanker carrying nearly 1,000 cubic meters of fuel ran aground off the island of Andros on Saturday, after hitting rocks that tore a small hole into the left side of its hull.

The Greek-flagged Agios Georgios had just set sail from Andros and had been headed to nearby Skyros when the incident occurred. None of its eight crew and two passengers were injured.

The body of a man was discovered in the sea, near the islet of Agios Georgios, located south of Sounio, on Monday morning.

The unidentified body will be transferred by a coast guard vessel to the port of Lavrio for the forensic examination. 

Archimandrite Eumenios Lykakis, brother of Agia Aikaterini of Sinai Monastery visited on February, 20 the city of Goteborg, Sweden, following the invitation of Metropolitan of Sweden and All Scandinavia Cleopas.