1.   Inside, ceramic Buddhas sit serenely atop a beautifully sculpted wooden altar surrounded by fresh sunflowers and two lamps that look like red lotus flowers.

2.   Some return to the wooden altar, flanked by twin bowls of apples, several times a day.

3.   The chapel, next door, has linoleum and a wooden altar.

4.   Wooden altars in the Armenian section and a marble baptismal font were covered with leftover food and dirty dishes.

5.   Journalists touring the basilica afterward saw two wooden altars in the Armenian section and a marble baptismal covered with leftover food and dirty dishes.

6.   The wooden altar in the Armenian section of the basilica had been used as a food table and was covered with a coffee pot and left-over food.

7.   The trio were believed to have smoked hashish in the Greek Orthodox shrine before stealing alms and setting fire to a wooden altar on Thursday.