A human rights group has called on the United States government to step up its outreach to Syrian refugees and resettle 65,000 people before the end of 2016.
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The Rasmuson Foundation, Alaska’s foremost charitable family foundation, has awarded a grant of $24,422.00 in support of the construction of the Elders’ Bell Tower at Saint Herman Church in King Cove, a remote fishing community of about 950 year-round residents located near the southern tip of the Alaska Peninsula.
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Greek Orthodox priest Papa Stratis was only 57 years old but the work that he left behind changed the lives of many people and will be remembered forever. The Greek priest, also known by the name Efstratios Dimou carried the Cross of thousands of people, helping migrants and refugees who arrived on the Greek island of Lesvos.
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The ruins of a medieval cathedral of the Bulgarian Patriarchate from the time of the First Bulgarian Empire (632/680 – 1018 AD) have been unearthed during the rescue excavations of the ruins of themedieval city of Drastar, known as Durostorum in the Antiquity, in today’s Danube city of Silistra.
St Isaac's Cathedral is St. Petersburg's third most-visited cultural site and listed as an UNESCO cultural asset.