A 21-year-old man is accused of vandalizing a Kodiak church and its contents, including items considered holy.
Kodiak radio station KMXT reports Arkimedes Garcia was arrested as he left the Holy Resurrection Russian Orthodox Cathedral Wednesday evening.
Garcia is charged with burglary and criminal mischief. Online court records don’t show an attorney listed for him.
Archpriest Innocent Dresdow says many holy items were damaged. He says the items have been removed and are being re-blessed at an undisclosed location.
Dresdow says the intruder desecrated items behind the Nave. He says crosses were bent upward.
According to Dresdow, the intruder injured himself and bled in different places of the church, including the holy table.
Dresdow says services will go on as planned even though the church sustained physical damage.
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Information from: KMXT-FM, http://www.kmxt.org
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