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January 14 Happy New Year! It’s January 1 in the Orthodox Calendar, observed by Orthodox Churches in Russia, Macedonia, Serbia, and many of the former Soviet Republics, including Ukraine, Armenia, Belarus, and the one that’s all consonants. (Kryrrrgyztyrgystan) So is Russia two weeks behind the times? Do they feel the need to have the last word on New Year’s Eve parties? Or does being torn between two New Year’s dates simply give them the chance to party for …Read more 
April 24
“If a man is killed in Paris, it is a murder; fifty thousand throats are cut in the East and it is a question.” –Victor Hugo Hugo died 30 years before the Armenian Genocide of 1915, but his quote could be applied to it—just multiply by thirty. The Armenian Genocide has been called the first genocide of the twentieth century. In November 1914, the Ottoman Empire entered World …Read more |
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