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#359602 - 02/05/11 02:24 PM Fire breaks out in Mount Athos monastery
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#359604 - 02/05/11 02:35 PM Re: Fire breaks out in Mount Athos monastery [Re: 70x7]
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I would love to see a picture of the "firemonks" in their asbestos riassas.

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#359609 - 02/05/11 03:09 PM Re: Fire breaks out in Mount Athos monastery [Re: 70x7]
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Thank God that nobody was injured. :-)

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#359727 - 02/07/11 07:26 PM Re: Fire breaks out in Mount Athos monastery [Re: 70x7]
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Prayers of gratitude that no one was injured and that the monastery church was not damaged
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#360506 - 02/21/11 06:21 PM Re: Fire breaks out in Mount Athos monastery [Re: StuartK]
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Originally Posted By: StuartK
I would love to see a picture of the "firemonks" in their asbestos riassas.


Well I couldn't find a picture of any monks in asbestos suits but check out one of their fire trucks.

http://jalopnik.com/#!5159549/firefighting-monks-always-choose-a-unimog

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#360507 - 02/21/11 06:25 PM Re: Fire breaks out in Mount Athos monastery [Re: 70x7]
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Cool cool or was that hot monks?
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Edited by Stephanos I (02/21/11 06:26 PM)

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