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Juha, who described herself as a “Christian and a believer,” said Palestinians “have a difficult situation but we’ve lived with this situation for many years and celebrations have gone on. This is the place where Jesus was born and if you limit Christmas celebrations here you are limiting something spiritual and holy. I can understand limiting celebrations elsewhere, but not here in Bethlehem.”
Paul Gilbert
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The 1864 diary contains daily handwritten entries by the future Russian emperor. On the last page, he wrote: "A Good Year." The other two volumes - dated 1888 and 1892 are calendars or day timers, with handwritten notes made by the emperor on each page.
Fr. Vicar Dan Hoarste
This is a personal appeal from the heart to help the son of a dear friend of mine from Bucharest, Romania. We need your help to save Andrei’s life and give him the chance to have much needed surgery for the bone marrow transplant which he needs urgently.
The pastoral school of the ROCOR Diocese of Chicago and Mid-America will henceforth be named in honor of St. John of Kronstadt
Overnight into Monday, the vandals slipped into the church, set fire to its altar, burned the antimins, the altar Gospel and the holy sacraments, robbed the church donation box and set fire to another three places inside the church, the press service of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has reported.