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Greek Monk Hospitalized After Monastery Clash Linked to Decades-Old Dispute

A monk belonging to the Orthodox Christian faith was admitted to a hospital in Thessaloniki on Friday after sustaining injuries during a violent incident at a monastery in northern Greece.
The confrontation took place within a long-standing religious conflict at Esphigmenou Monastery, where a faction of monks has refused to leave the site despite legal rulings and directives from church authorities dating back to the early 1970s.
A monk transferred from Mount Athos, about 175 kilometers to the east, suffered an assault by opposing monks using gardening implements while performing maintenance duties at an administrative facility.
Father Bartholomew, the abbot leading the new brotherhood, reported that a young monk was harmed during an attack involving physical strikes and being hit with a wooden implement, while the breakaway brotherhood publicly rejected these claims online.
The incident underscores the ongoing conflict marked by physical altercations, judicial disputes, and interruptions in deliveries between the defiant monastic community and those appointed by the church, highlighting the deep-rooted divisions within the religious dispute.

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Greek monk hospitalized after violent monastery clash linked to decades-old dispute

An Orthodox Christian monk was hospitalized following a violent confrontation at a monastic sanctuary in northern Greece, authorities said Friday. The incident is tied to a decades-old religious dispute.

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Greek monk hospitalized after monastery clash linked to decades-old dispute

A monk has been hospitalized after an altercation at a monastic community in Greece, linked to a longstanding religious dispute.

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