Police scuffle with followers of rebel Greek monks

Police and coast guards scuffled Wednesday with more than 150 supporters of monks from a rebel monastery in northern Greece. Authorities said pilgrims at the port of Ouranoupolis were stopped from boarding a boat to the Orthodox Christian sanctuary of Mount Athos because they were not under the obedience to the State Run Greek Orthodox Church.

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