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…
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Cleo Constantin shared the following message and letter from Sister Nektaria, a Greek Orthodox missionary nun in India: Dear friends, this is the news from Sister Nectaria as of about 20 minutes ago. It is unimaginable! I was gasping as I read it and then moved to tears. Her passport and visa expired during the extreme lockdown and, although she is required to return to Greece for new paperwork, she was not permitted to leave! What a situation. Then the worst cyclone in the history of India devastated the grounds and seriously damaged the buildings with 165 mile-an-hour winds. It is…