Christian love. (catholic tastes).Right near the site traditionally held to be Jesus' tomb--in which he would undoubtedly have turned were he still lying there--two groups of rival monks in late July traded blows over a rooftop chair. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Reuters (July 29, 2002), 11 monks were taken to the hospital after clerics from rival groups that jealously share the courtyard on the roof of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre This article is about the church building in Jerusalem. For other uses, see The Holy Sepulchre (disambiguation). The Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Latin Sanctum Sepulchrum), also called the Church of the Resurrection ( (Arabic, threw rocks, metal rods, and chairs at each other. The incident was the latest chapter of a centuries-old dispute between Ethiopian and Egyptian Coptic monks over the control of the roof. The fight erupted on a hot Jerusalem day Jerusalem Day can refer to:
chair into a spot in the shade that was claimed by the Ethiopian monks. Police eventually broke up the brawl brawl n. 1. A noisy quarrel or fight. 2. A loud party. 3. A loud, roaring noise. intr.v. brawled, brawl·ing, brawls 1. To quarrel or fight noisily. 2. , and Israel's Religious Affairs Ministry said it would mediate the conflict. |
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