Orthodox Church

Sideline. Mendeleyeff divorced his wife in 1882 and married a student By the rules of the Russian Orthodox Church, he became a bigamist, and according to an Edict of the Russian Czar, only members of the Church in good standing could teach in Russian Universities. When apprised of the dilemma, Czar Alexander III12 said "Mendeleyeff may have two wives, but I only have one Mendeleyeff" Professor. Mendeleyeff kept his job ... 

Despite these direct allusions to nature—and even to presumably trustworthy institutions such as the Russian Orthodox Church—bottled waters trouble many Russian consumers precisely because of their commercial nature. On one particularly oppressive, hot, muggy day in Moscow, my elderly friend Katerina turned down my offer of bottled water even though there were no other beverages available. Katerina explained that she did... 

As part of its investment holdings the Russian Orthodox Church operates a number of commercial enterprises, including banks, oil companies, and a bottling plant. Individual churches and monasteries also operate smaller-scale food and water ventures. 

In Russia, it was introduced by Peter I the Great, Czar between 1682 and 1725, who, having seen sunflowers in the Netherlands, took seeds to Russia. It was in Russia where the most important development took place in the use of sunflower as both food and oil source. The Russian Orthodox Church banned the consumption of several foods during Lent and Advent (periods of the religious calendar dedicated to fasting and penitence), including several sources of oil. As the ban did not include sunflower seeds, they were adopted as an oil source. 

Frankincense has been used for many millennia as an incense and also as a symbol of worship in orthodox churches. It is also used in fumigating preparations (51). The root decoction of B. neglecta is used as a diuretic and for treatment of gonorrhea (35). 

Worn as garland in Greece and Rome. The oil is used in the Greek Orthodox Church. 

Archbishop Stylianos, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in Australia, The Sydney Morning Herald, April 13-15, 2001 News 7 Ashmole[1715], pp70-71 Habsburg, p20 Ashmole[1715], pp73-74... 

Although the Byzantine system of orphan care obviously could not guarantee happy childhoods and stable environments for all the orphans of the empire, it did offer a remarkably varied approach to the problem of children who had lost their parents. Clearly, this system did not emerge at once as a result of a carefully thought-out plan orchestrated either by the imperial government or by the Orthodox Church. Rather, it had evolved over many centuries to meet needs as they arose. 

Academic biblical studies is by no means a recent introduction to Africa. The Jewish and Christian academies of North Africa provided the world with biblical texts and interpretations that are still crucial for the global guilds of biblical studies, and the Orthodox churches—and seminaries—in Egypt and Ethiopia represent a kind of historical link between the North African heritage and today s church and academia in Africa. Nevertheless, the biblical studies of classical North Africa plays only a marginal role in what today counts as biblical scholarship in Africa, although it sometimes may be referred to as an important predecessor. ... 

The Greek Orthodox Church founded this university formally in 1988. This institution has included two already existing institutes, the Institute of Saint John for Theology originated in 1970 and the Institute of Fine Arts originated in 1937. Two colleges were established with the opening ceremony of the university, that of literature and humanistic sciences. 

After the war, Pash served on Gen. Douglas MacArthur s Tokyo staff as military liaison to the Soviet Mission to Japan. There he was given responsibility for countering Soviet intelligence operations, including Soviet efforts to place intelligence operatives disguised as priests within the Japanese branch of the Russian Orthodox Church... 

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