Tampa police: Marine reservist attacked Greek priest he mistook for terrorist
By Alexandra Zayas and Demorris A. Lee, Times Staff Writers
In Print: Wednesday, November 11, 2009
TAMPA — Marine reservist Jasen Bruce was getting clothes out of the trunk of his car Monday evening when a bearded man in a robe approached him.
That man, a Greek Orthodox priest named Father Alexios Marakis, speaks little English and was lost, police said. He wanted directions.
What the priest got instead, police say, was a tire iron to the head. Then he was chased for three blocks and pinned to the ground — as the Marine kept a 911 operator on the phone, saying he had captured a terrorist.
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Showing posts with label Greek Priest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Greek Priest. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Marine reservist attacked Greek priest he mistook for terrorist
Do you think we have a really huge problem when a Greek Priest is attacked for asking directions just because he has a thick accent and speaks very little English? Greek Priests wear robes and grow beards! What is going on when something like this happens?
Monday, November 10, 2008
Greek and Armenian priests fight at Church of Holy Sepulcher
This is from Air America. While I agree with them on a lot of things, faith is not one of them. I'm posting this from their site because they found it first and had a link to the video, which I will put up in a little bit. As a Greek Orthodox Christian, this is not what Christ had in mind.
Holy Brawl at Holy Site
By Beau Friedlander
Armenian and Greek Orthodox monks were the feature fight at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, beating the holy crap out of each other in a turf war that would have made Pontius Pilate proud.
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Holy Brawl at Holy Site
By Beau Friedlander
Armenian and Greek Orthodox monks were the feature fight at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, beating the holy crap out of each other in a turf war that would have made Pontius Pilate proud.
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Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Chicago:Lawsuit alleges abuse at Greek Orthodox Church
Lawsuit alleges abuse at Greek Orthodox Church
Associated Press
1:23 PM CDT, September 9, 2008
CHICAGO - A former altar boy in a Chicago-area Greek Orthodox Church contends a priest sexually abused him in the 1970s and church officials covered it up. The lawsuit filed Tuesday claims a man identified in court papers as "John Doe 124" was abused as a teen by Reverend Nicholas E. Katinas (kuh-TEE'-nas).
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Associated Press
1:23 PM CDT, September 9, 2008
CHICAGO - A former altar boy in a Chicago-area Greek Orthodox Church contends a priest sexually abused him in the 1970s and church officials covered it up. The lawsuit filed Tuesday claims a man identified in court papers as "John Doe 124" was abused as a teen by Reverend Nicholas E. Katinas (kuh-TEE'-nas).
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