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Moldovan women break 1000-yr-old ban -- Mt. Athos
Times of India ^
| 27 May 2008, 0944 hrs
Posted on 05/27/2008 4:32:51 PM PDT by DeaconBenjamin
ATHENS: Four Moldovan women accidentally violated a 1,000-year-old ban on women entering the all male monastic community of Mount Athos, when they were left on Greek shores by human traffickers.
Police said on Monday the women -- aged between 27 and 32 -- as well as a 41-year-old Moldovan man were smuggled from Turkey by boat to the Greek Orthodox community of 20 monasteries, long off limits to women. The reached land on Sunday.
"They told police and the monks they were sorry but they couldn't have known this was a no-women area," said a police officer, who declined to be named. "They were forgiven."
Monks spotted the women late on Sunday and alerted police. Under Greek law, the violation of the ban on women on Mount Athos, considered Orthodox Christianity's spiritual home, is illegal and can be punished with up to two years in jail.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: moldova; mtathos
Are they free? What happens to them now?
To: DeaconBenjamin
Is Hillary going to use it to piss off women?
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posted on
05/27/2008 4:35:07 PM PDT
by
The_Republican
(Ovaries of the World Unite! Rush, Laura, Ann, Greta - Time for the Ovulation!)
To: DeaconBenjamin
The Monks have a supreme vow of celebacy as there fathers before them and their father’s fathers too.
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posted on
05/27/2008 4:36:17 PM PDT
by
Siberian-psycho
(An oppressed class which did not try to possess arms, would deserve to be treated as slaves." Lenin)
To: DeaconBenjamin
Must happen now and then.
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posted on
05/27/2008 4:36:29 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(You are reading this now)
To: DeaconBenjamin
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posted on
05/27/2008 4:37:23 PM PDT
by
donna
(The United States Constitution and the Koran are mutually exclusive.)
To: DeaconBenjamin
Are they free? What happens to them now?"They were forgiven." It appears that the Monks operate on a different policy than the zero-tolerance crowd.
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posted on
05/27/2008 4:39:12 PM PDT
by
D Rider
To: donna
nice, could use a few young women frolicking on the beach though :p
To: D Rider
I was not referring to whether they would serve time in prison.
They had been abandoned by human traffickers. Will they be returned to Moldova? Will they be allowed into Greece? Will someone seek to minister to them?
To: Siberian-psycho
ROFL! Absolutely hilarious! ;-)
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posted on
05/27/2008 4:42:09 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(I was taught to respect my elders, but it's getting harder to find one.)
To: DeaconBenjamin
Poor guys..had to see a woman. Whatever will they do? At least they didn’t stone them like the arabs would.
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posted on
05/27/2008 4:42:43 PM PDT
by
Ron Jeremy
(sonic)
Comment #11 Removed by Moderator
To: DeaconBenjamin
The sex traffickers did those monks a favor. Maybe this incident jogged their memories a little.
To: Ron Jeremy
“Poor guys..had to see a woman”
Remindes me of the “Holy Grail” and sir Galahand the chaste.
The Peril is too great. No, I can handle the peril.
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posted on
05/27/2008 4:54:24 PM PDT
by
Siberian-psycho
(An oppressed class which did not try to possess arms, would deserve to be treated as slaves." Lenin)
To: Siberian-psycho
I find this mildly hard to believe. Moldova is a very traditional Orthodox country. Granted, there are some divisions in the Orthodox church, but the monasteries of Mount Athos are pretty freaking known. I won't go so far as to say that it's Rome, but it's getting up there.
To: doc1019
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posted on
05/27/2008 5:03:39 PM PDT
by
Siberian-psycho
(An oppressed class which did not try to possess arms, would deserve to be treated as slaves." Lenin)
To: Siberian-psycho
"Well, maybe just a little peril..."
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posted on
05/27/2008 6:24:57 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: dayglored
great scene, just rewatched it on youtube.
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posted on
05/27/2008 6:26:39 PM PDT
by
Siberian-psycho
(An oppressed class which did not try to possess arms, would deserve to be treated as slaves." Lenin)
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