Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-04-28 | Page 26 | Thieves Steal Bible Venerated by Greeks

Thieves Steal Bible Venerated by Greeks A ATHENS TIIE-S April 20 AP Thieves P Thieves I have ha looted the famous church o ot of otI I Lavra Lana in the carrying carr off among other precious things a jewelled Bible of oC great historic interest On this Bible the Greek rebel patriots patriots pa pa- of ot 1821 swore sore solemnly that the they would fight tho the Turks to the thelast thelast thelast last ditch and create a free and in independent independent in- in dependent Greece With the passage of time the volume volume volume vol vol- ume had become an of ven yen era Many Greeks believed it to tobe tobe tobe be endowed with miraculous power The book was a gift from the Empress Empress Empress Em Em- press Catherine of Russia Apart from its priceless historical and sentimental value the book was inset with ith more than a a- a thousand diamonds and other precious stones which gave it high intrinsic worth