Greek Orthodox Church

A group of unidentified treasure hunters dug a land belonging to the Panayia Greek Orthodox Church located in Istanbul's Beşiktaş district, Sabah newspaper reported on Aug. 14.

MATI, Greece (AP) — The Latest on the aftermath of a deadly wildfire in Greece (all times local):

8:10 p.m.

Fire officials in Greece have raised the death toll from a wildfire that raged through a coastal area east of Athens to 91 and reported that 25 people are missing six days after blaze.

Hundreds of people have attended a memorial service in the Greek seaside resort of Mati for the dozens who perished in a wildfire that devastated the area.

Bishop Kyrillos presided over Sunday's service at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary, six days after the fire swept through and killed at least 86 people.

"Glory to the holy and consubstantial, and life-giving, and undivided Trinity, always, now and forever and to the ages of ages."

The Greek Orthodox Church of America has always been considered the nucleus of community life and a significant part of the Greek-American identity.

The Holy Synod, the governing body of the Greek Orthodox Church, has expressed its dismay over an upcoming campaign by the Hellenic Ministries missionary organization, saying that its flock is in no need of newly emerged "heretic" movements or "self-declared preachers" from home or abroad.

Firefighters in Istanbul rushed to the scene when a Greek woman working at the Hagia Nicola Greek Orthodox Church fell down a 30-meter-deep well. 

The family of the Texan teen gunman were "quiet, peaceable people" who never raised eyebrows in the Greek village where his father spent his youth, residents said on Saturday.

The suspect in a deadly high school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas, which has so far left at least 10 people dead has been identified as a 17-year-old of Greek extraction, according to news agencies.

Authorities have reportedly detained two people, one of which is Dimitrios Pagourtzis, believed to be a student at the school.

More than 2,500 Muslims prayed at Hagia Sophia in Istanbul early Saturday morning.

According to reports, the worshippers gathered at the monument - a UNESCO world heritage site and now officially a museum - at 4 a.m.