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  • Rebel Greek Monks Hurl Petrol Bombs At Court Bailiffs To Evict Them

    REBEL GREEK MONKS HURL PETROL BOMBS AT COURT BAILIFFS TO EVICT THEM FROM MONASTERY

    14:10 30.07.13

    Civilian authorities on Greece's monastic sanctuary of Mount Athos
    have said a group of monks facing eviction have attacked court bailiffs
    with rocks and petrol bombs, Fox News reported.

    No one was injured in the incident early Monday outside the Esphigmenou
    Monastery at the sanctuary in northern Greece, and no arrests were
    reported. The bailiffs retreated from the site.

    About 100 monks in the 1,000-year-old monastery have been involved in
    a years-old dispute with the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox
    Christians, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, over his efforts to
    improve relations with the Vatican.

    The monks have defied court orders to leave the monastery and allow
    church-appointed replacements to take over the site.

    Armenian News - Tert.am



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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