Word: orthodox
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Moscow, the Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate announced that a new church was about to join the Eastern Orthodox Communion: the Syrian Church of India. Claiming some 600,000 souls with 350 places of worship, the church is said to have been founded by St. Thomas the Apostle...
...diabetic has no easy time of it. If he follows the orthodox treatment, he lives on a strict diet and takes daily injections of insulin. He must be on constant guard to avoid upsetting the delicate balance of a shored-up metabolism. The Kaadt Diabetic Clinic at South Whitley, Ind. offered an easier, more pleasant...
...Greek Orthodox Church calendar it was Good Friday, and Athens mourned the death of Christ. Flags were at half mast and the cathedral was draped in black. Behind Christ's flower-decked bier, members of the Greek government formed a procession which slowly wound through streets lined with spectators holding lighted candles. In the procession snowy-haired, handsome Minister of Justice Christos Ladas whispered to Athens Police Chief Angelos Evert: "Why the cordon of police around us? You do seem to take unnecessary precautions...
Exiled Peter of Yugoslavia, visiting the U.S. with wife Alexandra and son Alexander, attended Serbian Orthodox Easter services in Manhattan. Royalists in the congregation greeted him with the Serbians' tactful cry that fits every distinguished guest: "Zivio"-meaning simply "Long live...
...then to Jerusalem and to Cairo. Sardonic Sergeant Prayle of British Field Security tails her with amusement, with concern, and finally with love. Along the way the reader is treated to crisp descriptions of an ancient and holy landscape, of types ranging from a touchy Gaullist officer to an Orthodox archimandrite and his mistress...