Word: orthodox
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Underlying purpose of Cleopatra's maneuvers, avers Ludwig, was to preserve her honor as patriot, mother, loving wife. In order to make this point, he rejects the orthodox version: that she made a deal with Octavian to assassinate Antony, tricked him into suicide, committed suicide herself only when her planned seduction of Octavian did not work...
Thirty-five years ago, in uptown Manhattan, devout Russians built, with money donated by the late Tsar Nicholas II, a brick & sandstone Cathedral of St. Nicholas, archiepiscopal seat of the Russian Orthodox Church on the North American continent. Recently, many a passerby in the street gazed upward at the Cathedral's steeply-pitched roof. There, perched on a ladder, a stocky young man wielded tar buckets, rolls of tar paper. He was Very Rev. Michael Maslov, dean of the Cathedral. For months, rain had been leaking through the roof, damaging the murals and icons within. Prelates of the Cathedral...
Uniat churches, often called "Greek Catholic," are churches of the Near East recognizing the papacy and all Roman Catholic dogma. They are not to be confused with the Orthodox churches of the Near East which, likewise, are often lumped together as "Greek." Uniat churches exist because of a Catholic policy similar to the old trust builder's maxim: If you can't lick them, join them. The Roman Church absorbed numerous Orthodox faithful by allowing them to keep their customs, the discipline of their clergy, and their rites. To U. S. Catholics, Uniat Catholics of the Greek Rite...
...Originally the orthodox ski technique, Telemark turns (accomplished by sliding one ski far forward so that it guides the other into the turn) are practical only in deep snow, lost favor when the Christiania technique was developed...
...persuade Louisiana voters that orthodox doctors had neglected them and that he & Dr. Vidrine were their saviors, Long strutted all over the State, telling Cajun, Creole, hillbilly and villager to hurry over to New Orleans and get cured. Charity Hospital's admissions jumped from 1,800 to 3,800 patients a day, causing acute overcrowding. The fact that doctors on the staff intrigued against each other to curry Long's favor or to keep out of the range of his vindictiveness made matters worse...