Two groups of monks clashed in the Gračanica monastery grounds in this Kosovo Serb enclave, reports from the province said this afternoon.

A group of monks who support Bishop of Artemije tried on Sunday, after the arrival of Bishop Atanasije – appointed yesterday in Belgrade as the administrator of the Diocese of Raška and Prizren – to enter the Gračanica ,onastery with the intention to protect Bishop Artemije, who was temporarily stripped of his powers.