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Christian brawl at Jesus' tomb

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Those Christians they fight about the silliest things.

Greek Orthodox and Franciscan priests got into a fist fight yesterday at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Christianity's holiest shrine, in an argument over whether a door in the basilica should be closed during a procession.

Jerusalem priests brawl over opening of Holy Sepulcher door

"There was lots of hitting going on. Police were hit, monks were hit ... there were people with bloodied faces," said a witness in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, reputed to be Golgotha where Christ was crucified, and the site of the tomb where he was buried.

Punch-up at tomb of Jesus