Holy Cross Day turns to mayhem as Jerusalem clerics come to fisticuffs

Holy Cross Day turns to mayhem as Jerusalem clerics come to fisticuffs
Tags: Denominations, Discipleship, Fellowship
September 27, 2004

Reuters: Fistfights broke out on Monday, Sept. 27, at Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre between Christian sects that jealously guard their hold on sections of the shrine built on the traditional site of Jesus' crucifixion.

It was Holy Cross Day, but fighting took over the ceremony at the wooden doorway dividing the Orthodox and Franciscan sections of the church. Clerics and worshippers punched each other, Jerusalem police spokesman Shmuel Ben-Ruby said.