Source: International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) A Continuing Partnership Brings Water and Education to More Children Since 2009, IOCC has supported the construction and upgrading of schools in rural Uganda, in collaboration with the St. Nektarios Education Fund and the Uganda Orthodox Church. These complexes provide education to children in rural areas who would otherwise have no opportunity for schooling. They also include wells and rainwater harvesting systems provided by the Katherine Valone “St. Photini” Water Fund, offering clean, safe water to both the schools and their surrounding communities. In April 2024, powerful storms badly damaged the Prophet Obadiah primary school in the…
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Source: Orthodox Church in America Yesterday, we witnessed, once again, another instance of terrible and absurd evil perpetrated against the most vulnerable of God’s beloved people: our children. We are filled with sadness and grief at the death of the many children, teachers, as well as those wounded in this tragic shooting at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. I exhort all the monastics, clergy, and faithful of the Orthodox Church in America to keep all those affected by this horrible event in their fervent prayers invoking our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ to grant comfort and peace…
Source: NJ.com By Adam Clark TRENTON — The state Board of Education this week approved a list of religous holidays in the upcoming school year on which schools must allow excused absences. The list, updated annually, includes more than 100 holidays for the 2016-17. Students celebrating those holidays must present a written excuse signed by a parent or guardian. Schools are required to provide students the opportunity to make up any tests or other assessments that they missed. Here is the list of religious holidays for 2016-17: July 2016 July 2 Laylat as-Qadr (Islam) July 7-9 Eid al Fitr (Islam) July…