THESSALONIKI, Greece — Greek police arrested 26 anarchists who burst into the Greek Orthodox cathedral in the northern city of Thessaloniki on Sunday and interrupted a Mass, chanting slogans and dropping flyers. The anarchists on Sunday were protesting a police operation Wednesday in the city that evicted anarchists and refugees from three illegally occupied buildings. One of the buildings, formerly an orphanage, is the property of the Greek Orthodox Church and is being demolished to build a hospice for the terminally ill, Anthimos said. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyPolice arrested 74 anarchists in that operation, 64 of them foreigners. ___This story has been corrected to show that 19 women and seven men were arrested, not vice versa.

Source: New York Times July 31, 2016 16:13 UTC