Word: patriarchate
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...ultra-right offspring of a politically prominent German family. In 1988 he came to the U.S. to indulge his fascination with the Civil War, racial politics and guns. In 1991 Strassmeir began to live on and off in Elohim City, a far-right religious community in eastern Oklahoma, where patriarch Robert G. Millar preaches his own variation of white-separatist ideology (northern Europeans are the real chosen people, with a "divine right to authority," and so on). Millar acted as Snell's "spiritual adviser" on death row. After Snell's execution, his body was brought back to Elohim City...
...PATRIARCH CAN BEAT YOUR PATRIARCH...
BARTHOLOMEW --Patriarch of Constantinople --Headquarters in Istanbul --Position: In February, Bartholomew decreed that the Orthodox Church in Estonia was autonomous rather than under the authority of the Russian church, as it had been historically. It would therefore fall under Constantinople's jurisdiction. --Allies: The Estonian government and the church in Finland. While most of the other national churches will do their best to remain neutral, Constantinople may be able to count on Romania, Albania and affiliated congregations for moral support...
ALEXI II --Patriarch of Russia --Headquarters in Moscow --Position: Soon after Bartholomew's decision, Alexi, who was raised in Estonia, "suspended communion" between the Russian church and that of Constantinople, declaring, "Christ's seamless robe is again being torn apart." --Allies: At least 100 million strong, his church has about half the Eastern Orthodox members in the world, and may draw in Greece and Serbia. And if Russian nationalists come to power after elections in June, the church's religious claim on Estonia may become part of a thrust to recover territory belonging to the old Soviet Union.Maybe...
This toughness suggests a resurgence of intense nervousness, especially on the part of President Jiang Zemin, as China's leaders await the death of Deng Xiaoping. The 91-year-old patriarch, reportedly living in a military hospital, is said to have suffered several strokes and can barely speak. Deng has chosen Jiang as the man to follow him, but no one can supplant Deng as "paramount leader" until he dies, and his death will unleash a succession struggle. In the meantime, China is in a nerve-racking state of limbo, facing grave problems, such as rampant official corruption and widely...