Orthodox Christians try to halt play, clash with police
Source: Associated Press
Updated 2:18 pm, Wednesday, October 18, 2017
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek riot police have used batons to stop an attempted theater invasion by monks, priests and other Orthodox Christians protesting what they claim is a blasphemous play.
Wielding poles with Greek flags on them, some of the 100-strong crowd tried to break a police cordon Wednesday outside the Aristoteleion Theatre in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki.
Protesters oppose the staging of "The Hour of the Devil," an adaptation of a story by Portuguese author Fernando Pessoa about a discussion between a young woman and a personable devil.
Chanting "Freemasons out of Greece!" they brandished religious banners and icons.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/entertainment/article/Orthodox-Christians-try-to-halt-play-clash-with-12288206.php
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They could re-stage the play as the encounter between the Princess Cassandra and the god Apollo and I'm sure that would be quite all right. Freemasonry hadn't been invented in the run-up to the Trojan War.
