A seminary with no students: Half a century since its closure, Turkey’s Orthodox Christians still pine for Halki seminary
DAVID I KLEIN, writing for Religion News Service, looks at the troubled history of Halki Orthodox Seminary on the Turkish island of Heybeliada…
In Kentucky tornado’s wake, a church and pastor turn to God, service
Mayfield, Kentucky, US AP After riding out the violent tornado that devastated their town in a tunnel under their church, Rev Wes Fowler and his family emerged to devastation stretching for blocks: Crackling power lines, piles of rubble and calls for help they couldn’t pinpoint in the darkness. Later, safe back at home, his daughter […]
Essay: Presents from a princess – the mission to deliver 2.6 million Christmas gifts to soldiers and sailors on the 1914 frontline
In an article first published on The Conversation, PETER DOYLE, a professor at London South Bank University, looks at the history of a massive effort to get so-called “Princess Mary tins” to those fighting during World War I…