Anarchist Protesters Disrupt Divine Liturgy

Country: Greece

Date of incident: July 31, 2016


A group of about 25 people burst into the church of Saint Gregory Palamas in Thessaloniki, disrupting the Divine Liturgy (Eucharistic service of the Byzantine Rite) throwing leaflets protesting against the expulsion of refugees and migrants. The protesters clashed with those present in the church. Riot police made more than ​​twenty arrests.

Source: Orthodoxie