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In 1778 Samuel Phillips, a 26-year-old gunpowder manufacturer concerned about the "decay of virtue, public and private," began a school with a noble idea: to teach ''the great end and real business of living." The school itself was more humble: 13 students, ages six to 30...
Nine sermons bring fame and misfortune to a Soviet priest
Father Dudko's reputation rests mainly on nine sermons delivered at St. Nicholas' Church in Moscow in late 1973 and 1974. In the West, it is difficult to appreciate their impact or the courage required to deliver them. The churches in the U.S.S.R. are not permitted to distribute...
Instead, Dudko inaugurated "dialogue" sermons at Saturday night services, responding to written questions so he could address the real interests of his congregation. So powerful was his speaking style, so candid his discussions of the moral tensions in modern Soviet life that the church was soon overflowing with visitors, many...
Like the Mikado, who sentenced prosy society bores "to hear sermons from mystical Germans who preach from ten till four," imaginative judges like to find ways to make the punishment fit the crime. San Diego Municipal Judge Artie Henderson sends teen-agers caught purse snatching from old ladies to work...