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Jesuit Father Robert Taft holds a rare book in the library of the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome. (CNS/Paul Haring) By Carol GlatzCatholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Pontifical Oriental Institute has the best general collection in the world on Eastern Christianity. It boasts some 184,000 volumes, including rare and precious imprints and manuscripts, documenting centuries of Eastern Christian culture in a multitude of languages. But the library's oldest and most valuable collections are in a serious state of degradation, including an extremely rare 1581 edition of the Ostrog Bible -- the first complete Bible printed in...
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Rod Blagojevich, the Stupidest Governor in the Country, Puts Obama in a Bad Light... Blagojevich as Dick Mell's son-in-law, with a Slavic name (this had long been thought of as a Polish seat), managed to get the endorsement of Mayor Daley and to engage the consulting services of David Axelrod.http://www.usnews.com/mobile/blogs/barone/2008/12/11/rod-blagojevich-the-stupidest-governor-in-the-country-puts-obama-in-a-bad-light.html
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Storm Pusztay's small Slavic Village home looks like it's been evacuated. The first floor contains almost nothing. The second has little more than a bed, a dresser, and a TV. Everything else is gone, taken by thieves. Pusztay was in Virginia last fall, the first time his home was hit. He's a commercial roofer by trade, and travels for a living. He got a voice mail from his sister; come home right away. The bad guys had come through a back window, taking all that was immediately pawnable -- DVDs, movies, a TV, tools. "Anything you could sell real quick,"...
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Ford City's Slavic community a melting pot of eastern European customs By Tom Mitchell LEADER TIMES Friday, March 25, 2005 Although their Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Slovakian and Croatian languages and ethnic customs may differ to some extent, members of the Slavic community in Ford City and surrounding areas have many things in common. What brought Slavic immigrants to western Pennsylvania, and to Ford City in particular, can be summed up in one word: Work. Catherine Dilick of Ford City, a member of the former St. Francis of Paola Catholic Church, recalls her parents and other family members telling about the...
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My wife and I have lived next to a Russian church for about 4 years. We have been acquainted with some of the pastors but have never attended any services. Sometimes living next to the church can be an inconvenience. The parking is bad and they block our drive almost every Sunday. Also sometimes when one of their youth groups has a late night function they can be a little loud as they leave. Anyway the church has been aware that they can be a tough neighbor and have given us gifts in the past to thank us for our...
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