"...I crossed straight over Kalokairinou Avenue and came to the Cathedral of St. Minas. The great church was standing tall, almost entirely undamaged apart from a few broken windows. A bomb had landed in the churchyard, by the southwest corner of the church, but had only dug a small pothole. Another huge bomb was lying by the northwest corner, no more than a metre from the wall, and remained there unexploded. It must have weighed over 250 kilos. I went into the church and lit a candle. I kept thinking of what devastation the bomb would have caused if it had exploded. I saw the verger, and asked him if the church had suffered any damage. He told me that Saint Minas had worked his miracle yet again, and that was why there was virtually no damage."

(Lefteris P. Malagardis, Armageddon, Athens 1982, p. 99 - in Greek)