E/CN.4/1995/91/Add.1 page 37 Patriarchal Exarchy, the Metropolitan of Heliopolis, Kyr Athanasios, communicated to the monks in question the unanimous decision to expel them immediately and to hand over the keys of the skite to the Father Superior. The assistance of the Civil Governing Body of Mount Athos and of the police having been requested, the Alternate Governor arrived in situ, accompanied by a small police contingent under Lieutenant G.I. Koubouras. Having been notified of the decision, the authorities present were requested to carry it out forthwith and to expel the schismatic monks. The Civil Governing Body and the police carried out the decision forthwith, in accordance with article 5 of the Charter of Mount Athos, after which the Holy Assembly of the Monastery of the Pantocrator decided that the skite would be occupied by a brotherhood of five monks from the Monastery of Vatopedi. The members of the brotherhood responded to the call and arrived at the skite. They were recorded in the registry of monks and assumed the administration of the skite. It was decided that the holy relics would be handed over to the new Holy Assembly (Brotherhood) after an inventory had been made by the monastery and a list drawn up and signed by the two parties. The cooperation of the lay authorities was also requested for the protection of the skite. The above measures were approved almost unanimously by the Holy Community, which thanked the Patriarchal Exarchy and the Community Committee for the adroit handling of the issue and for the successful resolution of a situation which had long divided the body of the Church and the Community of Mount Athos (21 May). It should also be added that, according to reliable information, Kyr Athanasios had, as in the past, suggested that the schismatic monks should be given ample time to meditate on their attitude, as they stood in error. The Prior (dikaeos) of the skite, the schismatic monk Seraphim, replied intransigently and impertinently. After being duly notified of the decision to expel them, the persons concerned were given three hours to gather together their personal effects and then left for Ouranoupolis under police escort having previously passed the usual customs check at Daphne by order of the Alternate Governor of Mount Athos. The specific breaches of the provisions of the Mount Athos Charter (Legislative Decree of 10/16 September 1992, Official Gazette No. 309 (a)) of which the persons concerned were guilty can be summarized as follows: Veneration of another name (that of the schismatic Archbishop of New York, Vitalius, Head of the ’Russian Church outside Russia’) instead of the name of the Oecumenical Patriarch. This is contrary to article 5 of the Charter (Legislative Decree of 10/16 September 1926, Official Gazette No. 309 (a)), according to which ’All Mount Athos monasteries, whether established by the patriarchate or by the Holy Synod, are subject to the spiritual jurisdiction of the Great Eastern Orthodox Church of Christ; no other name may be venerated except for the name of the Oecumenical Patriarch.’ Furthermore, no heterodox or schismatic