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Black-robed Orthodox monks traded blows yesterday in the Mount Athos monastic community in northern Greece, as a bitter fight between Church authorities and a rebel monastery turned violent.
A spokesman for the rebel Esphigmenou Monastery said workmen and rival monks tried to demolish the community's offices at Karyes, the administrative centre of the mediaeval sanctuary - from which women and female animals are banned.See the full content of this document
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Zealot Monks Prepare for Siege After Violent Clashes
"They used pickaxes, spades and crowbars to try to break down the doo...
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