On December 26, 2013 vocative.com published the article The Religious Spoils of War, which featured an interview with Syrian rebel Abu Jafar, leader of the “Battalion of the Martyr Abu Taan”, which is an offshoot of “Free Kalamoon”. Abu Jafar was revealed to be the one responsible with pillaging the Monasteries of Saint Thekla and Saint Sergius in Maaloula which he …
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Sermon Address by His Grace Bishop Basil of Wichita on the Syria Crisis
The following sermon address was given by His Grace Bishop Basil of Wichita to the parish of St Mary Orthodox Church in Wichita, Kansas regarding the crisis in Syria, September 8, 2013: “This week will be a very important week, an historical week, one way or another–our church, our Patriarchate in particular, and this world in general. This week our …
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ModeOfLife Become love as God exhorts us, for this is the true starting point for changing your life and the world. For it is love that will bring respect, justice and equity into the world, not our personal opinion of what justice or equity is.