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Eastern orthodox churches.
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The Fear of God
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When a man walks in the fear of God he knows no fear, even if he were to be surrounded by wicked men. He has the fear of God within him and wears the invincible armor of faith. This makes him strong and able to take on anything, even things which seem difficult or impossible to most people. Such a man is like a giant surrounded... more »
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UNITED STATES SOCIALIST REPUBLIC (USSR)
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UNITED STATES SOCIALIST REPUBLIC (USSR)
PART 1 of 2
By Dr. Carl Parnell, Ed.,D
May 16, 2012
NewsWithViews.com
The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 played havoc on the nation of Russia.
According to Wikipedia
The Russian (Bolshevik) Revolution is the collective term for a series
of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist... more »
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Hagia Sophia to become a Mosque???
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Hagia Sofia: Thousands Pray For Istanbul Landmark To Become Mosque
Reuters | Posted: 05/26/2012 2:05 pm
* Hagia Sofia was church, then mosque
* Some religious Turks want ban on worship lifted
* Crowd estimated at more than 3,000
By Ayla Jean Yackley
ISTANBUL, May 26 (Reuters) - Thousands of devout Muslims prayed... more »
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Alexander the New Martyr
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Celebrated today, Alexander the New Martyr is from a suburb of
Salonika. His home church is here:
[link]
There is no life of him online in English, but I will provide the
basics here. He was martyred in 1784. He spent the majority of his... more »
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Greek ruling elite prepares for showdown with working class
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Greek ruling elite prepares for showdown with working class
By Robert Stevens and Chris Marsden
26 May 2012
As Greece prepares for elections on June 17 amid an overwhelming popular
rejection of austerity, the ruling class is making secret preparations for a
military crackdown against the workers. These preparations are taking place in... more »
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Is Orthodoxy Archaic?
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Is Orthodoxy Archaic?
by Sergei Sazhin
In an article by Vladimir Zelinskii "Pastors and their flock" (Religion in Communist Lands, 1989, v. 17(4), pp. 343-8) many aspects of the life of the Orthodox Church in the USSR were bitterly criticized. He claims that Orthodox services attract mainly babushki (elderly ladies), while most of the young people remain outside the Church. He is convinced that large parts of the liturgy need to be changed so that it can be made more acceptable to the younger generation who, in his opinion, are normally more interested in 'educational' elements of Christianity than in Solemn Liturgies and Akathists. Similar criticisms of the Orthodox Church can be found in many other articles, letters and interviews. It is often claimed that the Orthodox Church underestimates the role of women, is obedient to any authority---even a communist one---by its very nature, etc. etc.. I do not want to idealize Orthodox church life and I agree with many of the criticisms. However, the problem of the Orthodox Church in the Soviet Union lies not in its teaching and not in its ancient Liturgy, but in the specific conditions in which it has had to work since the coup d'etat of 1917. In what follows I hope to explain what I mean, briefly commenting on some typical criticisms of the Orthodox Church in the USSR.... more »
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Volatile Mix
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Note from Galina: I've been writing on the sad state of trafficking
in women, especially in minority and majority Orthodox countries
emerging from communism, extreme forms of socialism and dictatorship.
I've been suggesting that not having a program specifically addressing
how women can survive in emerging, minimal and failed economies and... more »
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Pastoral letter #281.
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Be not confused. America is a secular-humanist nation, not a Christian
one, whose purpose is to protect what it feels are the inalienable
rights not only of it's own citizens but of all the free peoples of
the world which according to it's founders are the rights to life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, which for the vast majority of... more »
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