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IOCC Stands Ready to Offer Aid Following Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan
Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) has assembled its emergency response personnel to assess the humanitarian needs and possible response to a massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake that struck the Pacific Ocean nearby Northeastern Japan on March 11. Initial reports indicate that hundreds of people perished in a powerful tsunami and that the…
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Patriarch Calls on World to Reject Nuclear Power
Source: H KAΘHMEPINH Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios has called on the world to reject nuclear energy, following the problems Japan has suffered with its reactors in the wake of Friday’s earthquake. Vartholomaios, who has long campaigned for greater environmental awareness, said the world should turn to renewable energy sources. “We propose the use of green forms…
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Don’t Mess with a Texan
If you insult a Texan, especially in front of his friends, he is bound to remember it.
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Assassination attempt on Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople prevented
March 9, 2011 – 17:12 AMT 13:12 GMT PanARMENIAN.Net – The Turkish police have prevented another assassination attempt on Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I, according to the Austrian catholic news agency. The Turkish police have arrested two suspects aged 17-18. The assassination attempt was planned in the Fanar district, where the residence of the…
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Fr. Johannes L. Jacobse: Constantine and the Great Transformation
Acton Institute just published my review of Peter J. Leithart’s Defending Constantine: The Twilight of an Empire and the Dawn of Christendom. It appears on their website and in the upcoming issue of Religion and Liberty. Source: Acton Institute | Rev. Johannes L. Jacobse Defending Constantine by Peter J. Leithart (IVP Academic, 2010) Reviewed by…
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