Tag: History
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Some Q & A the day after the debate
On Old Testament Violence and Orthodox Interpretation of Scripture On the Intrinsic Value of a Human Being On Science, Galileo and Church Persecution On the Roman Catholic Church’s Inquisition and the Crusades
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Family of Shadows
Source: Front Page Magazine Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Garin K. Hovannisian, a graduate of UCLA and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. A writer living in Los Angeles and Yerevan, Armenia, he has written for the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and Frontpage Magazine. He is the author of the new…
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Picture Gallery: Fort Ross — Russia’s first outpost on the California coast
Fort Ross was an important center in bringing Orthodoxy to America. London Telegraph (click to see the gallery).
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Christian Imagery, With Local Charm and Vitality
New York readers may be interested in this exhibit at the Museum of Biblical Art near Columbus and Broadway. In 1051 a Greek Orthodox monk named Anthony retreated to a cave overlooking the Dnieper River in Kiev. Disciples came, buildings were constructed, and, by the 17th and 18th centuries, the Monastery of the Caves embraced…
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Russian Rights Group Creates Virtual Gulag
The site is written in Russian, but the pictures are nevertheless compelling. Hopefully they will provide an English version eventually. Radio Free Europe The Russian human rights center Memorial has launched an online “museum” on the history of the Soviet labor and prison camps known as the gulag, RFE/RL’s Russian Service reports. Memorial workers have…