Monday, April 21, 2008

The 20 Man Battle Royal at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher

People went ape at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher on Sunday.

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 worshippers hit them with the palm fronds they were holding for the religious holiday. The Eastern Orthodox churches, including the Armenians and Greek Orthodox, follow a different calendar from Western Christians and celebrate Easter next Sunday.

What would Jesus do? He probably wouldn't "stomp a mudhole in a guy" if he got into the wrong part of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Also hammering a police officer with a blessed palm frond also seems like something anti-Christian as well. I think these Armenian Priests should be given some kind of Holy Demerit or something.

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