Friday, April 21, 2023

At Christianity’s Holiest Site, Rival Monks Struggle to Turn Other Cheek - The New York Times

In a centuries-long conflict, Egyptian Coptic monks and Ethiopian Orthodox monks have competed for the control of a small monastery located on the roof of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, built at the site where Christians believe Christ was crucified, entombed and resurrected. Despite the monastery's sacred location, it has become a site of petty quarrels that occur on a near-annual basis, and sometimes even boil over into violence...

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