Flock sleep in church to stop thieves

A CONGREGATION has been forced to spend nights sleeping in a church to defend it from thieves.

St Nicholas Orthodox Church, a Russian orthodox church in Marston, was targeted in raids on two consecutive nights, prompting the sleep-in.

A brass-plated steel cross from the church’s roof was stolen on Saturday, October 22, and then irreplaceable religious relics were taken the following night.

Members of the congregation were so alarmed that six of them spent the next five nights, from Monday to Friday, sleeping inside the church.

Their concern was justified on Tuesday, when thieves again attempted to access the building late at night.

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HT: ByzantineTexas