Russian 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. 

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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