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  1. Nick1000

    A Though on St Olga of Kwethluk

    https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2025/06/21/in-a-historic-canonization-the-mother-of-the-kuskokwim-becomes-an-orthodox-saint/
  2. Nick1000

    A new Cathedral ?

    Yeh, probably the right word is basilica rather than cathedral because it is dedicated to a special purpose rather than the home of a diocese. Not sure. I am not that fluent in Catholic.
  3. Nick1000

    A new Cathedral ?

    I think the cathedral in Portugal arises out the alleged apparition of Mary wherein visionary "peasant" girls said that Mary called for prayers that Russia would "return to the unity of the Catholic Church" and that there should be a consecration to Russia and various rosary and prayer...
  4. Nick1000

    A necessary approach to Orthodox Christian faith.

    Most excellent.
  5. Nick1000

    Prayers for the Orthodox and fellow Christians in Syria

    Assad was certainly good at what he does. Unfortunately it was killing and torturing.
  6. Nick1000

    Prayers for the Orthodox and fellow Christians in Syria

    The radical islamic ones are dangerous for everyone. The Christians are not safe but no one kills more muslims than other muslims.
  7. Nick1000

    Prayers for the Orthodox and fellow Christians in Syria

    Assad is a morally bankrupt butcher who has been offered refuge in Moscow by another morally bankrupt butcher. No surprise there.
  8. Nick1000

    Might want to try out an Orthodox Church, once a month

    80-100 million Catholics in the Philippines too. Same historical reason. Spanish colonialism.
  9. Nick1000

    Indications of a Club Here, or a Secret Society?

    Non-soakers are clearly heretics. :sunglasses:
  10. Nick1000

    Indications of a Club Here, or a Secret Society?

    You certainly came with a lot of "I". You could always consider leaving that at home and coming back.
  11. Nick1000

    Banned Russian priest stands by condemnation of 'brother killing brother' in Ukraine

    Banned Russian priest stands by condemnation of 'brother killing brother' in Ukraine https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/banned-russian-priest-stands-by-condemnation-brother-killing-brother-ukraine-2024-09-24/
  12. Nick1000

    In what cases can a traditional church be banned in democratic states? The Ukrainian Orthodox Church may be banned.

    True but you asked "what it would take for them (Americans) to defend the UOC" and I am saying that the interest is extremely low and Ukraine will need to secure its own freedom as a country and sort that out and its interest in having religious freedom on its own. It is an opportunity for...
  13. Nick1000

    In what cases can a traditional church be banned in democratic states? The Ukrainian Orthodox Church may be banned.

    Everything cannot be just about the U.S, Nato, and Ukraine. Your European neighbors, Poland for example, need to put troops on the ground in Ukraine to help Ukraine- inside Ukraine. They know they are next in line if Ukraine falls and they do not need NATO approval and it does not commit NATO...
  14. Nick1000

    In what cases can a traditional church be banned in democratic states? The Ukrainian Orthodox Church may be banned.

    Despite our many faults, one of the optimistic aspects of being American is a perennial belief that every country seeks to be a Jeffersonian type democracy if only they just got some help. It is also a belief that has gotten us a rather long history of disastrous wars where the country we are...
  15. Nick1000

    In what cases can a traditional church be banned in democratic states? The Ukrainian Orthodox Church may be banned.

    Yes. and that kind of crazy valuing or non-valuing of lives is rampant in Russia. The body count from soldiers being sent into the meat grinder is very high. About a thousand Russians a day. Except they are mostly ethnic kids from Siberia and Dagestan. It's not like they are fully human...
  16. Nick1000

    In what cases can a traditional church be banned in democratic states? The Ukrainian Orthodox Church may be banned.

    In regard to being foreigners: Not really. Two thirds of the ethnic Japanese who were sent to the camps were American born citizens. Not foreigners by American standards, except amongst unhealthy people who have prejudice may see them as foreigners. I would be willing to trade some Americans...
  17. Nick1000

    In what cases can a traditional church be banned in democratic states? The Ukrainian Orthodox Church may be banned.

    You were asking what democracies would do. Unfortunately, they/we make boneheaded, stupid, ugly mistakes too, so there are lessons to be gleaned from that. In WW2 the United States moved 120,000 Japanese civilians living in the U.S. to "relocation camps" based on an assumption that they could...
  18. Nick1000

    In what cases can a traditional church be banned in democratic states? The Ukrainian Orthodox Church may be banned.

    Ukraine is trying to make the case for EU membership., while suppressing religious freedom. Not an easy fit, and it will be an issue. The European Union (EU) is committed to promoting and protecting freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) for all individuals. This right is enshrined in Article...
  19. Nick1000

    In what cases can a traditional church be banned in democratic states? The Ukrainian Orthodox Church may be banned.

    It's a dark period and unfortunately makes Ukraine look more Russian than they might like. And I don't mean that in a good way. (see link below). There is nothing good that will come from Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. Just darkness and misery. In the past there has been a lot of...
  20. Nick1000

    Been Hearing - Droves of People Becoming Christians, and many to Orthodoxy

    ORTHODOXY SPREADING THROUGHOUT LATIN AMERICA https://orthochristian.com/155487.html
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