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United Press International
April 8 2007
Religious feud holds up toilet rebuilding
JERUSALEM, April 8 (UPI) -- Religious feuding at the Church of the
Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem is delaying badly needed renovations to
the public toilets.
The church marks the site where Jesus Christ was entombed after the
crucifixion. Catholic, Armenian Orthodox and Coptic Christians are
all involved in its management.
The toilet block, originally built to serve monks at the church, is
122 years old. A blockage in a drain has made the toilets
odoriferous, The Independent reports.
But the Armenians have not been willing to sign on to plans to
rebuild the toilets because of a dispute with the Coptic Christians
over precedence at the Holy Fire Ceremony, held every year on Holy
Saturday, the day before Easter.
April 8 2007
Religious feud holds up toilet rebuilding
JERUSALEM, April 8 (UPI) -- Religious feuding at the Church of the
Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem is delaying badly needed renovations to
the public toilets.
The church marks the site where Jesus Christ was entombed after the
crucifixion. Catholic, Armenian Orthodox and Coptic Christians are
all involved in its management.
The toilet block, originally built to serve monks at the church, is
122 years old. A blockage in a drain has made the toilets
odoriferous, The Independent reports.
But the Armenians have not been willing to sign on to plans to
rebuild the toilets because of a dispute with the Coptic Christians
over precedence at the Holy Fire Ceremony, held every year on Holy
Saturday, the day before Easter.