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Church authorities on the northern Aegean island of Thasos have ordered locks to be placed on two chapels after a man opened fire on their icons, depicting Jesus and the Virgin Mary, with an air gun.

The vandalism was discovered on the Epiphany holiday last Monday by shocked worshippers who visited the chapels of Agia Marina and Agios Vasileios outside the island capital of Limena.

Tempestuous weather wreaked problems in various parts of the country on Tuesday.
Andros and Tinos were left without electricity after the two power lines supplying the Aegean islands were damaged in gale-force winds.
Electricity grid operator DEDDIE said that technical crews were working to restore power to the two islands of nearly 18,000 inhabitants.

Andros and Tinos were left without power on Tuesday after the two lines supplying the Aegean islands were damaged as a result of bad weather in the area, supplier DEDDIE said.

According to an announcement, technical crews were working to restore supply to the two islands of nearly 18,000 inhabitants, with efforts focusing on getting a power station on Andros up and running.

The scheduled transfer Thursday of 635 asylum seekers belonging to vulnerable groups from the migrant reception center on Samos in the eastern Aegean to a former army base in Ritsona north of Athens was delayed due to bad weather.

The transfer on Thursday of 635 asylum seekers belonging to vulnerable groups from the hotspot on Samos in the eastern Aegean to a former army base in Ritsona north of Athens was delayed due to bad weather.
The Nissos Chios ferry boat which was scheduled to transfer the asylum seekers from Samos to Piraeus remained docked at the port of Mytilene οn Lesvos.

A total of 5,247 migrants arrived in Greek islands from nearby Turkey in December.

According to the Greek police's Northern Aegean Regional Directorate, 3,681 migrants arrived in Lesvos, 878 in Samos and 688 in Chios in the final month of the year.

Despite the adverse weather conditions the migrant flows continued unabated over the weekend, with at least 412 refugees and immigrants arriving by boat on various islands of the eastern Aegean, according to the Hellenic Coast Guard.

Τemperatures dropped below zero on Wednesday (Christmas Day) in several mountainous areas of Greece, Greece's National Meteorological Service (EMY) said, warning that a new cold front will bring rain and snow as of Friday.

The Evia-Andros undersea electrical interconnection, which aims to strengthen the interconnection between the islands of Andros and Tinos and the mainland system, has been put into operation, with the Andros-Tinos section expected to be up and running next month.

Very strong winds have cut off passenger shipping routes to the island of Kefalonia, as a long-awaited weather front begins to make itself felt.

Winds are blowing up to Force 9 speeds (75-88 km per hour).

On the island of Zakynthos, a ferry service from the Peloponnese operated Sunday afternoon, but the route is expected to shut down until Monday morning.