Tag: Japan earthquake
-
How Do We Comprehend Natural Disasters Like Earthquakes and Tsunamis?
This essay below that Fr. David Hudson sent along is timely. I have a small parish now which means that after the Divine Liturgy we always have a discussion about any topic that people want to talk about. Today we had the question: How do we make sense of the tsunami in Japan? It wasn’t…
-
Bartholomew I to Japan and the World: Enough Nuclear Energy
Source: Asia News | NAT da Polis Istanbul (AsiaNews) – A vibrant and heartfelt appeal to States to abandon the use of nuclear energy: this is the message sent by the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to the Japanese people to express the solidarity of the Orthodox world. The message was sent on the first Sunday of…
-
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…