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Priest Draws Line on Coffee-Hour Political Bickering

Political FightingOriginally published October 15, 2004.*

WAKE RIVER, Ohio – Tired of the increasingly rancorous debates at coffee hour, Father Cyril (“St. Cyril the Contender”) Martin taped a white line down the center of the parish hall.
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Council of Chalcedon to Be Re-fought on Bethlehem Quidditch Pitch

Monastic Quidditch at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem

Monastic Quidditch at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem

BETHLEHEM – Following a broomstick brawl between priests of the Greek Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic Churches in the Church of the Nativity, the two churches, at odds since their falling out over the definition of Christ’s nature at the Council of Chalcedon in 451, have agreed to decide the theological question once and for all in a game of Monastic Quidditch here in Bethlehem.
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