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Historic Alaskan village destroyed by fire

May 4, 2013 News
A watercolor of Belkofski’s Holy Resurrection Church, built in 1880.

BELKOFSKI, AK [OCA] – 4/5/13 In a report dated April 30, 2013, KTUU Channel 2 News announced that the abandoned Belkofski village on the Alaska Peninsula had been destroyed by fire. KTUU reported that Makrina Mack, Vice President of the Belkofski Corp., said the corporation became aware three days earlier that the fire that occurred, [...]

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Visiting The Christian Community In Iraq

December 24, 2012 News

24/12/12 Before Iraq was conquered by the Arabs in the seventh century, it was one of the oldest centers of Christianity in the world. Even after the Arab conquest, Christians made up a sizable minority of the population – sometimes tolerated, sometimes persecuted, but always surviving. Now it’s facing its biggest threat in centuries. The [...]

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Diocese of Alaska nominates Archpriest David Mahaffey to vacant See of Sitka and Alaska

September 19, 2012 News

ANCHORAGE, AK [OCA Diocese of Alaska] 17/9/2012 Delegates to the Assembly of the Diocese of Alaska, which met here on September 15, 2012, voted to present the name of Archpriest David Mahaffey in nomination to fill the vacant Episcopal See of Sitka and Alaska of the Orthodox Church in America. Father David’s name will be [...]

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Unalaska Cathedral Vandalized

May 1, 2012 Featured News

UNALASKA, AK [OCA] 1/5/2012 Graffiti sprayed on the historic Holy Ascension of Our Lord Cathedral here in late April 2012 has “sparked outrage,” reported the Alaska Dispatch. While the words “Dutch” and “Duncha,” written in a childish scrawl in gray spray paint, were quickly removed, the painful emotions among parishioners and other local residents lingers. [...]

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A City Under Siege

March 3, 2012 Featured News

Adem Altan/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images A cinema in Ankara, Turkey, on Feb. 27. The film “Fetih 1453,” or “Conquest 1453,” has proven enormously popular with moviegoers in the country. 3/3/2012 ISTANBUL — These days the answer to “they don’t make ’em like that anymore” is “Conquest 1453,” the new spear-and-molten-pitch swashbuckler movie that has [...]

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What is Bartholomew grateful for?

August 17, 2011 News

ORHAN KEMAL CENGİZ o.cengiz@todayszaman.com 16/8/2011 What each person may be grateful for can vary quite significantly; of course, some factors might contribute to your sense of gratitude quite dramatically. Your level of optimism, your love and passion for others, whether you are a spiritual person and so on are all factors that may contribute to [...]

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40TH Anniversary of St. Herman’s Canonization

August 2, 2010 News

40TH Anniversary of St. Herman’s canonization to be celebrated during annual Spruce Island Pilgrimage August 9 07/31/2010 KODIAK ISLAND, AK [OCA] — Hundreds of Orthodox Christian pilgrims are expected to flock to Spruce Island, AK on Monday, August 9, 2010, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the canonization of Saint Herman of Alaska, one of [...]

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Court counters prevailing 1920s deep state mentality in Orphanage Ruling

June 17, 2010 News

17/6/2010 YONCA POYRAZ DOĞAN İSTANBUL The İstanbul-based Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarchate has won yet another case at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) after the court ordered the Turkish government to return a historic Orthodox orphanage to the patriarchate and pay 26,000 euros for both non-pecuniary damages, costs and expenses. The patriarchate’s lawyer, Kezban [...]

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Vandals hit Anchorage Cathedral

June 13, 2010 News

Orthodox Church in America ANCHORAGE, AK [OCA} -- Vandals hit Saint Innocent Cathedral here on Wednesday, June 9, 2010, pillaging the altar’s liturgical appointments and burning pages of the Gospel Book. Several other items were stolen. According to media reports, the suspects entered through windows in the back of the cathedral some time between midnight [...]

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