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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
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