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In the News (Fri 25 Dec 09)

  
  Romania
In addition, to the technical aspects of building a church, the commission is entitled to decide on the "opportuneness" of building the place of worship, and whether the construction is in line with the specific dogma, doctrines, and statutes of the religion in question.
Minority religious groups are not optimistic about the adoption of a law on religious denominations in the near future due to the ongoing Greek Catholic-Orthodox tensions and pressure by the Orthodox Church to be declared the national church.
Religious minorities made credible complaints about irregularities during the 2002 census, including failures by census-takers to ask for religious affiliation; census-takers who did not know or refused to write down the appropriate code for a minority religion, who suggested the answer to the question on religious affiliation, and who tried to influence the answers.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2003/24429.htm   (7821 words)

  
 International Religious Freedom Report 2002: Romania
Religious minorities also made credible complaints about irregularities during the 2002 census, including failures by census-takers to ask for religious affiliation; census-takers who did not know or refused to write down the appropriate code for a minority religion, who suggested the answer to the question on religious affiliation, and who tried to influence the answers.
The buildings used by public institutions (such as museums, schools, and hospitals) are to remain in their hands for a period of 5 years, during which time they are to pay rent to the churches.
According to Law 1 of 2000, religious denominations are entitled to claim between 25 to 250 acres of farmland (depending on the type of religious unit--parish, eparchy, bishopric, etc.)--and up to 75 acres of forest land from properties seized by the Communists.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2002/13957.htm   (7185 words)

  
 Romanian Orthodox Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Byzantine religious records also mention a unique form of bishoprics in the region - namely the chorepiscopate or countryside episcopate - as opposed to the better-known religious centers in large cities.
There are five Metropolitanates and ten archbishoprics in Romania, and more than twelve thousand priests and deacons, servant fathers of ancient altars from parishes, monasteries and social centres.
As of 2004, there are, inside Romania, fifteen theological universities where more than ten thousand students (some of them from Bessarabia, Bukovina and Serbia benefiting from a few Romanian fellowships) currently study for a doctoral degree.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Romanian_Orthodox_Church   (1272 words)

  
 Romanian life   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Romania is made up of a population which is roughly 90% Romanian Orthodox, 5% Roman Catholic, and 4% protestant, with the remaining 1% of differing religious affiliations.
Bordering Romania are Serbia, Bulgaria, the Ukraine, Moldavia, and Hungary.
Romania is a member of Inter Rail, which connects the country by track to many of the larger European cities.
www.quesadalife.com /hlp/romania.htm   (1974 words)

  
 ICL - Romania - Constitution
Romania fosters and develops peaceful relations with all the states, and in this context, good neighborly relations, based on the principles and other generally recognized provisions of international law.
(2) The decrees issued by the President of Romania in the exercise of his powers, as provided for under Article 91 (1) and (2), 92 (2) and (3), 93 (1), and 94 (a), (b) and (d) shall be countersigned by the Prime Minister.
(4) In case the President of Romania demands reconsideration of the law passed according to Paragraph (3), the debate thereon shall be carried in the joint session of both Chambers.
www.oefre.unibe.ch /law/icl/ro00000_.html   (10035 words)

  
 ROMANIA2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
However, according to prevailing Romanian legislation on religious life, there are a series of conditions that have to be fulfilled in order to change the legal status of a denomination, some of which the Jehovah's Witnesses do not comply with.
Religious services are performed in a rented space between certain hours and on certain days of the week, and to support them the Greek-Catholic believers pay a contribution in money.
The believers cannot perform religious services in their own church and are forced to attend religious services in a church that belongs to another religious denomination and for which they must support with personal financial contributions.
www.hrwf.net /html/romania2002.HTM   (5550 words)

  
 Religious Freedom Page
The right of believers, religious faiths and their representatives to establish and maintain direct personal contacts and communication with each other, in their own and other countries, is not violated on a private level.
Religious intolerance is, for me, fundamentalism, and one of the most important factors of such gatherings as this, I believe, is the interfaith solidarity against fundamentalism of all colors and all sides.
While other religious groups are measured by the mainstream and not the extremists, Muslims are defined by the most extreme elements in their midst.
religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu /nationprofiles/europe/csce091897.html   (16701 words)

  
 Romania Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
The city was destroyed with the Turkish invasion in the 13th century, it was rebuilt the next century, and in the 15th century it became the royal residence for a short period of time (under the rule of Iancu Hunyadi).
Strei Church, one of the oldest Romanian architecture religious buildings in Transylvania, dates from the 13th century.
Romania is the home of a number of not very high, easily accessible mountain ranges, with a hilly-like look.
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Romania/Things_To_Do-Romania-BR-6.html   (1528 words)

  
 Myth*ing Links: Central & Eastern Europe / Balkans: Romania
This is "Romania -- A Country Study" from the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. It looks at all aspects of the country, including geography, a confusing history (ancient and modern), society, economics, politics, transportation, military -- everything except the arts.
At the same time, they may be perceived as small steps on an imaginary road, towards the pure and mysterious world of the deities and forebears, in order to get acquainted with their intentions and to propitiate them.
These monasteries with their original paintings, sculptures and other ornaments give a picture of the Romanian people's religious and historical outlook on the world, as it appeared through centuries of battles against the Turkish power for national and religious freedom.
www.mythinglinks.org /euro~east~Balkans~Romania.html   (6024 words)

  
 PaleoJudaica.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
�Religious hatred� is defined as �hatred against a group of people defined by their religious beliefs or lack of religious belief�.
The preoccupation with positive rights is a central failing of EU legislation and is one of the problems with the (now hopefully defunct) European Constitution and one of the reasons it was the size of a telephone directory.
They proposed the establishment of such an association to unite religious scholars in Jordan, to confront the Western onslaught targeting the morals and values of the Jordanian people, and to raise the awareness of the Jordanian people and safeguard their religious values.
paleojudaica.blogspot.com /2005_06_01_paleojudaica_archive.html   (12431 words)

  
 Romania: Bucharest practicalities
I haven't made any effort in the following to give a comprehensive list of phone numbers (it shouldn't be hard for you to search down, say, the phone number of a theater on line) but where I do list them I'm using the new international phone numbers.
Housed in a magnificently preserved former synagogue in the city's historically Jewish neighborhood, it acknowledges the Holocaust, but is not obsessed with it; acknowledges Zionism, but is not obsessed with it.
In general, it is legal to wander into courtyards of residential buildings, but not polite to do so out of mere curiosity.
www.speakeasy.org /~jmabel/travels/bucguide.html   (6504 words)

  
 Monkey Media Report
In the case of Romania in 1989, it was the population of Timisoara that lit the bonfire:
As such, the frequent reports of his repression should be seen not only as a sign of his brutality, but as evidence of the disaffection that his capricious, personal style continues to breed: He would not have to crack down if there were no one who might be disloyal.
She wasn't on the list, I thought to myself, which means the supposedly strict rules that determine organ donation are more malleable than we thought.
www.monkeytime.org /archive/Feb2003b.html   (6952 words)

  
 Celebrity Research Lists - Famous Who Were Once Homeless
Note: This is a list of celebrities and other prominent and famous individuals who have experienced being homeless for a brief or extended period at one time in their lives, either as children or adults.
religious leader; source for Christianity; the Christ; God and Savior in the Christian religion (outdoor camping/temporary shelters).
Swedish author (abandoned by his mother at an early age along with his sisters when his father died; later as an adult, he traveled for a time on a "homeless tramp" as a vagrant and vagabond, experiences that provided the basis for some of his writings).
www.angelfire.com /stars4/lists/homeless.html   (2927 words)

  
 [ RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY ]
Also on 26 March, RFE/RL said in a statement that correspondent Hanibal Kovac recently received a two-month suspended sentence for libel in connection with his reporting on the alleged seizure of a building in Sabac by Cedomir Vasiljevic, who is a leader of the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) (see "RFE/RL Balkan Report," 12 March 2004).
At the Greater Romania Party (PRM) National Council meeting on 26 March, Chairman Corneliu Vadim Tudor announced his candidacy for the Romanian presidency, promising he would liquidate the mafia in 48 hours, block illegal funds, and would create a fund to equalize living standards, Romanian media reported.
He also said his party's election slogan would be "Food, Warmth, Medicine, and Justice." At a press conference later the same day, Tudor backtracked and said that his promise had been a "metaphor." At the meeting, the party also approved a statutory amendment, saying that the PRM will not tolerate anti-Semitic attitudes or Holocaust denials.
www.rferl.org /newsline/2004/03/4-SEE/see-290304.asp?po=y   (1952 words)

  
 protein wisdom
Michele Catalano at Faster Than the World has compiled a list of the 100 greatest punk songs of all time and invites you to vote for your favorites.
Oh, and you’re allowed to bitch about how awful the list is, if that’s the kind of thing that floats your biscuit.
This particular document mentions two men with similar names, each with ties to Pakistani religious schools known as madrassas, Jihad training camps, the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
www.proteinwisdom.com   (1998 words)

  
 Thunderstruck
That’s the connection with great music and art, and that is why it’s uncomfortable, that is why cool is the enemy of it, because that's the other reason you wanted to join a band: you wanted to do the cool thing.
The trick in the next few years will be not to decry the religious instinct, but to accept that this is a hugely important part of people's lives.
The astounding Thunderstruck, where Steve Beard lists and links thousands of key articles from a host of sources, all calculated to make Christians think more carefully about their faith and the culture they live in.
www.thunderstruck.org   (7158 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Revelations of the Byzantine World: The Painted Churches and Monasteries: Books: Alan Ogden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Revelations Of Byzantium: The Monasteries And Painted Churches Of Northern Moldavia by Alan Ogden (with an historical introduction by Kurt W. Treptown and enhanced with original illustrations by Octavian Ion Penda), is an impressive and informative survey of the architecture and artwork of Moldavian religious institutions dating back to the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
The informed and "reader friendly" text offers both historical and critical background of the religious institutions and their remarkable artworks.
Revelations Of Byzantium is a strongly recommended contribution to personal, professional, and academic Architectural History reference collections and supplemental reading lists.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/9739432328?v=glance   (508 words)

  
 "I'm Okay" Registry - Reports of Survivors
We make no representation as to the accuracy of the data contained herein, and we cannot ensure that names were submitted to the appropriate lists.
She was in one of the buildings next to the towers...her building collapsed as well.
Deirdre is compiling a list of people known to be safe.
www.shunn.net /okay/reports   (6159 words)

  
 Europe and Asia - Catholic Church Local History and Ancestors Genealogy Research
Religion : "...The relations of the Roman Catholic Church with the state and the other religious communities are good and in the spirit of ecumenical understanding and tolerance..."
Historical Places and Buildings of Liechtenstein are several parish churches and chapels.
Archives: Lists of Lviv Archbishops, bishops-assistants, Apostolic Nuncios in Ukraine and some biographical facts are given in the archives.
home.att.net /~Local_Catholic/Catholic-International.htm   (3821 words)

  
 AIO Keywords list
Building materials see also Adobe, Bricks, Stone, Tiles, etc.
Dakota One of the three main Sioux linguistic groups - divided into several subgroups which may be listed separately.
Moldavia Use for region of Romania (and possibly some historical contexts) - NOT for independent republic, which is Moldova
aio.anthropology.org.uk /aio/keywords.html   (1625 words)

  
 Queen Marie of Romania, Papers
Marie was the granddaughter of Queen Victoria and married Ferdinand of Romania in 1893.
Princess Ileana entered the religious life in 1959 and founded the Monastary of the Transfiguration in 1968.
Balcic was located in southern Romania on the Black Sea and was a residence of Queen Marie.
speccoll.library.kent.edu /women/queen.html   (7750 words)

  
 The Racial Slur Database   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Two possible origins: the dictionary definition is "A narrow opening or slit", meaning a reference to their eyes.
Short for "Dracula" who is from a town in Transylvania which makes up a good deal of modern Romania.
Since greeks work in the diners all of their lives, their uncircumcised penis build up grease underneath the flap.
www.rsdb.org   (10660 words)

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