Priests Brawl At Bethlehem Birthplace Of Jesus

Seven people were injured on Thursday when Greek Orthodox and Armenian priests came to blows in a dispute over how to clean the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.

Following the Christmas celebrations, Greek Orthodox priests set up ladders to clean the walls and ceilings of their part of the church, which is built over the site where Jesus Christ is believed to have been born.

But the ladders encroached on space controlled by Armenian priests, according to photographers who said angry words ensued and blows quickly followed.

For a quarter of an hour bearded and robed priests laid into each other with fists, brooms and iron rods while the photographers who had come to take pictures of the annual cleaning ceremony recorded the whole event. Link (w/ video)

Comments

[2ldmoe/b]

aaaaah.... religions : always guaranteed to cause some.... (if he'd exist, and he came to check on his creation just one day, he'd....)
couple of years ago spent my summer holiday studiyng the history of the Catharism, well : there's something to be proud of being european & so called christians... religion....

[mary mi]

I finally saw the video of the 'brawl'...LOL
HA HA...oh my gosh!
THAT'S a BRAWL???
I see worse in a kindergarten scuffle!!!
Gee wiz... I imagined...well... actual *VIOLENCE*.

Silly tabloid media.
Go back to reporting about Britney and boobs...stop trying to act like real reporters.
You'll hurt yourselves.
mindy

[Carius the Philosopher]

These religious figures should be leading by example by showing that religions can work together. What message are they sending when they can't even clean a room together?