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The idea of the Orthodox Ecclesiastical Mission in Peking was created at the beginning of the 18th century by the Tsar Peter the Great as a joint project of the Russian State and the Russian Orthodox Church. Besides the official religious aim – to guarantee a pastoral care for Orthodox Albanians in Peking – political, diplomatic, commercial and scholar interests were intended by the Russians. After...
China was the first mission of the Society of the Divine Word initiated by the Founder, Fr. Arnold Janssen with the sending of the two pioneer missionaries in 1879, one of whom, Fr. John Baptist Anzer, became the first bishop of the Society. The successful development of this mission was marked by the territorial expansion of the SVD mission. After South Shandong (1882), the Society took over the...
In many African countries there is an alarming influx of minors on the streets, begging, stealing, and robbing. In big cities in Uganda such as Kampala, Mbale, Soroti and others, one cannot comfortably speak on a phone for fear of it being snatched by these young thieves. Some of these kids even open car doors and steal property when a car is trapped in the traffic jam. Years back, a majority of people...
In this two-part article I present an analysis of the documentation related to the events that took place in Jedwabne in 1941. In the first paragraph of the first part the historical background is presented: the Polish-Soviet war and the formation of authority in the annexed territories of Western Belarus and Western Ukraine. In the second paragraph anthropological issues are discussed, especially...
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