AP reports:
Dozens of Greek and Armenian priests and worshipers exchanged blows at one of Christianity's holiest shrines on Orthodox Palm Sunday and used palm fronds to pummel police who tried to break up the brawl.Ah yes. What better way to honor the Prince of Peace then by pummeling your fellow worshipers?The fight came amid growing rivalry over religious rights at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, built over the site in Jerusalem where tradition says Jesus was buried and resurrected.
It erupted when Armenian clergy kicked out a Greek priest from their midst, pushed him to the ground and kicked him, according to witnesses.
When police intervened, some worshipers hit them with the palm fronds they were holding for the religious holiday.
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I am not sure if I should laugh or cry at such idiocy
Wow. You just can't make that stuff up.
My favorite part: "When police intervened, some worshipers hit them with the palm fronds they were holding for the religious holiday."
Crazy...good to see these people have their systemic religious system though (lol). If that's faith - I will have none of it...tear the damn church down.
It's sounds like fiction, but obviously is true.
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