Our congregation at Tembisa seems to have disintegrated -- the people who originally asked for an Orthodox Church there have scattered. About half were Zimbabweans, and they seem to have returned to Zimbabwe and not been able to get visas to come back to South Africa. A couple of others got jobs, and their work took them away. The main leader is ( Read more... )

In a comment on another topic ansimov asked me to sign and pass on this petition about Kosovo, urging that it remain a part of Serbia ( Read more... )

The news reports of the death and burial of Slobodan Milosevic, erstwhile leader of Serbia and the rump Yugoslavia, have been quite astounding for their malice, vitriol, and sheer mendaciousness ( Read more... )