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Coast guard find body of drowned monk off Mt Athos

A coast guard vessel on Wednesday recovered the body of a monk who had been missing since Tuesday night off the coast of Dafni, a small settlement on Mount Athos.

The monk went missing after the boat he had been in with two fellow monks capsized on Tuesday.

The other two monks were rescued by passing boats shortly after the vessel capsized.

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