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Putin asks young Russians to observe Orthodox Christmas
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| January 07, 2006
Posted on 01/07/2006 3:38:26 PM PST by jb6
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posted on
01/07/2006 3:38:28 PM PST
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jb6
To: Timedrifter; Alex-DV; ValenB4; truemiester; anonymoussierra; zagor-te-nej; Freelance Warrior; ...
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posted on
01/07/2006 3:38:47 PM PST
by
jb6
(The Atheist/Pagan mind, a quandary wrapped in egoism and served with a side order of self importance)
To: jb6
I'm in the wrong country. Looks like Russia is going in the right direction...
To: jb6
Russians are celebrating Christmas instead of Festivus and Quaanza!?!?! This is a disgrace! What about separation of Church and State? Jeeeez!
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posted on
01/07/2006 3:52:09 PM PST
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(A Liberal: One who demands half of your pie because he didn't bake one.)
To: ninenot; sittnick; steve50; Hegemony Cricket; Willie Green; Wolfie; ex-snook; FITZ; arete; ...
Russians are celebrating Christmas instead of Festivus and Quaanza!?!?! This is a disgrace! What about separation of Church and State? Jeeeez! Bump!
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posted on
01/07/2006 4:04:51 PM PST
by
A. Pole
(Franklin: "The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either")
To: jb6
What remarkable news. Putin is a surprise! A very good one, in this regard...
To: jb6
I am trying to imagine Nancy Pelosi commenting about Putin, if she was in Russia instead of the U.S.
To: A. Pole
Actually I did not see much of the kwansaa buu sh-t this year
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posted on
01/07/2006 4:08:27 PM PST
by
avile
To: avile
Kwanza never caught on like the christmas hating liberals tried like crazy to get it too. Its pretty much a joke these days.
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posted on
01/07/2006 4:14:08 PM PST
by
Proud_USA_Republican
(We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
To: avile
You know now that you mention it... after a bit on the first day I heard nothing after that.
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posted on
01/07/2006 4:16:51 PM PST
by
steveo
(No Anchovies? You've got the wrong man, I spell my name steveo...)
To: conservatrice
Watch out for this blue-eyed cobra Putin! Is he embracing Christian values? Just remember that Stalin revived the Orthodox Church for his own ends.
Russian Christmas is January 7th just like the `October Revolution' actually took place in November 1917, for the same reason:
They refuse to adopt the Gregorian Calendar, which corrected the inaccuracies of the ancient Julian Calendar.
To: elcid1970
Just remember that Stalin revived the Orthodox Church for his own ends You mean WWII opening of churches after Russians were not willing to fight for atheist regime?
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posted on
01/07/2006 5:27:44 PM PST
by
A. Pole
(Franklin: "The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either")
To: elcid1970
"Just remember that Stalin revived the Orthodox Church for his own ends. "
And one of the most sacriligious events this past year was Putie sending the Moscow priests to Kiev to campaign against Yushchenko- when the poison didn't do the job.
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posted on
01/07/2006 5:29:06 PM PST
by
spanalot
To: spanalot
And one of the most sacriligious events this past year was Putie sending the Moscow priests to Kiev to campaign against Yushchenko- when the poison didn't do the job. You do not need Putin for the priests to take sides. Most of Ukrainian Christians belong to the Russian Church. Only in Western Ukraine Uniates/Catholics and some breakaway groups of Orthodox dominate. The center and east of church is firmly with Russia.
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posted on
01/07/2006 5:57:52 PM PST
by
A. Pole
(Franklin: "The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either")
To: A. Pole
"Most of Ukrainian Christians belong to the Russian Church"
Wrong again - most Ukrainians belong to Ukrainian Catholic or Ukrainian Orthodox churches.
Did Moscow take control of many church buildings in the last century? Yes - but putting tits on my uncle dont make him my aunt.
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posted on
01/07/2006 6:13:13 PM PST
by
spanalot
To: aomagrat; GipperCT; MarMema; crazykatz; don-o; JosephW; lambo; MoJoWork_n; newberger; FormerLib; ...
[spanalot:] Wrong again - most Ukrainians belong to Ukrainian Catholic or Ukrainian Orthodox churches. You might be interested in this.
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posted on
01/07/2006 7:03:17 PM PST
by
A. Pole
(Franklin: "The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either")
To: elcid1970
Just remember that Stalin revived the Orthodox Church for his own ends. Russian Christmas is January 7th just like the `October Revolution' actually took place in November 1917, for the same reason:
Actually you are wrong on both counts. Stalin granted the Church greater freedoms after Germany invaded, part of the reason was that communism was so bad that the Russians looked to the Germans as their liberators and life for the Church actually improved when the Germans occupied Russia. As for the calender that goes back to 1917 the Russian Patriarch at the time refused to switch to the new calender due to the fact that it was recommended by the communist government.
To: peter the great
In eve of Stalingrad battle, Soviet Red ARmy soldiers were mass- baptised by priests, little known fact.
Ukrainians are half-Russians. In Ukraine allmost half of population is Russian, Don and Krimea regions. Communists gave Russian lands to Ukrainians after WWII.
On elections Russians woted against Yuschenko.
And for Putin, he is propagating Christianity, as same as Bellarus president Lukashenko. Interesting is that Lukashenko is trying to make mixture of Socialist economy with Ortodox Christianity.
Things would look much better if US president admited that Americans are Christians.
Sarcasm
In Serbia, parents make choice for their children, Civile class (human rights, tolerancy etc.) or Religion as obligatory classess.
So in Serbia`s state schools priests teach children about christianity. Former minister of ejucation, even tried to implement choice in Bioligy classess of Darvinism and Cretionism, but leftists destroyed her.
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posted on
01/08/2006 3:30:44 AM PST
by
kronos77
(Kosovo I Metohija - "Field of Blackbirds And Land of The Monastry" full ofitial name.)
To: elcid1970; MarMema; FormerLib; RusIvan; sergey1973; The_Reader_David; A. Pole
They refuse to adopt the Gregorian Calendar, which corrected the inaccuracies of the ancient Julian CalendarYes, those evil Orthodox refused to Catholicize...how dare they?!?
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posted on
01/08/2006 7:11:53 AM PST
by
jb6
(The Atheist/Pagan mind, a quandary wrapped in egoism and served with a side order of self importance)
To: spanalot
when the poison didn't do the job.Mr. Goebbles, welcome back. Is the Clinton spin team in Kiev paying you well? By the word?
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posted on
01/08/2006 7:12:49 AM PST
by
jb6
(The Atheist/Pagan mind, a quandary wrapped in egoism and served with a side order of self importance)
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