Protesters burst into Thessaloniki Cathedral and interrupt mass
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/31/protesters-burst-into-thessaloniki-cathedral-and-interrupt-mass?CMP=share_btn_fbGreek police have arrested 26 protestors who burst into the Greek Orthodox Cathedral in the northern city of Thessaloniki on Sunday and interrupted mass.
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The city’s archbishop, who was officiating at another church, said about 30 people had burst into the cathedral of St Gregory Palamas and, aside from interrupting mass, had “destroyed what they could”. He did not elaborate.
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