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  • Fierce faith: Priests clash at Jesus' birth site (VIDEO)

    Russia Today
    Dec 29 2011

    Fierce faith: Priests clash at Jesus' birth site (VIDEO)

    Published: 29 December, 2011, 20:22


    Taking Jesus Christ's initiative to cast unwanted people out of temple
    too literally, a bunch of clergymen have clashed with each other
    inside the Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity.

    `God's people' - coming from Armenian Orthodox and Greek Orthodox
    churches - were screaming out loud and beating one another with
    broomsticks, fiercely protecting their territory from the competing
    community's invasion.
    The row broke out when the clergymen were cleaning up the church ahead
    of Orthodox Christmas celebrations. As agreed, each of the two
    denominations controls a particular section of the church located
    right on the `border' between their zones of influence.

    The brawl, which took place in front of a stunned tourist group, went
    so far that the Palestinian security forces had to break it up -
    thanks to them, no serious injuries occurred.

    `No one was detained, as all of the clergymen participating in the raw
    are known as true people of God,' said the Palestinian police
    spokesman.

    This is not the first time such fights have taken place in the Church
    of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. Built at Jesus'
    traditional birthplace, the venue draws millions of visitors from
    around the world.

    http://rt.com/news/bethlehem-clergymen-clash-religion-925/

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