Browsing: Mother Agapia

Source: The National Herald By Ambassador Patrick N. Theros Notes and Comments on the Land Where Christ Lived, Died, and Was Resurrected Most Americans, even within our community, know little about the once-vast Christian populations of the Near and Middle East – communities that once outnumbered the Christians of Europe. Today, they survive only as scattered remnants, mostly single-digit minorities east of the Mediterranean except in Lebanon; even there, the numbers dwindle. Among the most endangered are the indigenous Palestinian Christians, whose extinction now seems possible. I recently spoke with Mother Agapia, a Russian Orthodox nun – an American who has…