What is lacking from the media coverage is any recognition that the inevitable result, according to congressional testimony, will be the victory of the Muslim Brotherhood and associated terrorist groups in Syria, and the genocide of the remaining Christians there. In Egypt, right in front of our eyes, Obama facilitated a Muslim Brotherhood takeover, which has been stopped dead in its tracks by a true people's revolution that has brought the military to power. The Muslim Brotherhood has responded by attacking Christians and their churches.
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The Law recently passed in Russia banning the progaganda among minors of non-traditional sexual relations has evoked hysterical responses from liberal media. A boycott of the Winter 2014 Olympics has even been discussed. However, as we can see from the commentary (over 500) left by ordinary Americans under the article, Mutko: Anti-gay law won't infringe on Olympics (Yahoo! News), there are other, very different opinions out there.
Our countries are passing through a difficult phase and challenging circumstances with their peoples being threatened by several dangers. The war continues to threaten our homelands and the possibilities for peace seem to be diminished. In the midst of all these circumstances our Church is well rooted in this land and we insist on certain common principles as the basis for her involvement in public affairs. She demands that international organizations adopt appropriate steps which would promote the protection of the inhabitants of these lands.
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According to Christian tradition, the icon was originally written nearly 2,000 years ago by St. Luke the Apostle. The original icon is said to have traveled many places and survived numerous physical attacks during battles before arriving at its final home at the Jasna Gora monastery in Czestochowa, Poland.
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The feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God is like a second Pascha--it is the most important summer celebration and official holiday in Greece. Photographer Vladimir Khodakov was in the center of the celebrations on the island of Paros.
