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Priests Attack One Another With Brooms

Gloria.TV – News Briefs 29/12/2011 06:16:09

See Christian Priests Attack One Another With Brooms at Jesus’ Suspected Birthplace

Tis the season for Christian leaders to engage in an intense and violent battle inside of the Church of the Nativity (believed to be Jesus’ birthplace) in Bethlehem.

A rip-roar fight apparently broke out between up to 100 Greek Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic priests and monks as they were cleaning the church in preparation for Orthodox Christmas celebrations coming in early January.

Administration of the church is shared by Catholic, Orthodox, and Armenian Apostolic clerics and the relationships among the different groups have frequently been contentious with similar scuffles having broken out in previous years.

The clergy did everything but “turn the other cheek,” as they swung brooms and attacked one another in what the USA Today called a “frenzied turf battle.” The situation got so out of control that Palestinian police had to come in and break the fighting up.
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RomanCandle 09/01/2012 17:23:27

Having viewed the video and the news article, I am reminded of the fight that broke out in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre between Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox priests in 1846.

The fight occurred as a result of an ongoing dispute over who had “first right” to the altar of Calvary and additionally due to Easter falling on the same date of Latin and Greek calendars.

Initially fists were used, then chalices & crucifixes, followed by guns & knives! When the priests, monks and pilgrims had … [More]

SSPXer 02/01/2012 07:15:06

I AM DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED.

I did not see any good martial arts here at all, none.

ACLumsden 30/12/2011 09:31:00

Tu_es: Quite!!

Tu_es_Petrus 29/12/2011 18:14:57

What? Haven't they heard of online forums where we can beat each other up anonymously?

alinalotte 29/12/2011 12:16:34

What happens,when the learned in the scriptures forget about the Real Presence and treat His Father's House as a den of thieves.Sad example,when national pride and religious beliefs take precedence over belief in Christ,The Living Word of The Living God .... didn't they hear the news that He was born in a humble stable

Gloria.TV – News Briefs 29/12/2011 06:19:46

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