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Fire in Troitsky Cathedral (St. Petersburg)
Regnum news ^
| August 27, 2006
| Regnum News
Posted on 08/27/2006 11:59:37 AM PDT by eleni121
Fire in Troitsky cathedral in St. Petersburg is localized at about 08:00 p.m. Moscow time, a REGNUM correspondent is told by a spokesman for Russia’s Emergency Ministry in St. Petersburg.
Fire brigades have continued working on the site. The big and small cathedral domes have fallen down, the second small dome is partially destroyed by the fire, the REGNUM correspondent is informed at St. Petersburg emergency ministry press office.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: arson; churchburning; orthodox; russia; russianorthodox; stpetersburg
another church burns
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posted on
08/27/2006 11:59:38 AM PDT
by
eleni121
To: eleni121; All
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posted on
08/27/2006 12:00:01 PM PDT
by
eleni121
(General Draza Mihailovich: We will never forget you - the hero of World War Two)
To: eleni121
I saw that on the news last night and it was definitely a raging fire. It's too bad.
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posted on
08/27/2006 12:01:01 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?)
To: Kolokotronis; MarMema
Pinging the Orthodox lists
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posted on
08/27/2006 12:01:02 PM PDT
by
eleni121
(General Draza Mihailovich: We will never forget you - the hero of World War Two)
To: cripplecreek
I visited a few years back...unimaginable, but becoming more and more common around the world.
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posted on
08/27/2006 12:02:00 PM PDT
by
eleni121
(General Draza Mihailovich: We will never forget you - the hero of World War Two)
To: eleni121
Is the second st petersburg church to burn within a week?
To: A. Pole; FormerLib
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posted on
08/27/2006 12:04:25 PM PDT
by
eleni121
(General Draza Mihailovich: We will never forget you - the hero of World War Two)
To: eleni121
Sadly my immediate thoughts are, rabid atheists or muslims. There's no evidence of either that I know of but I still can't help but wonder.
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posted on
08/27/2006 12:05:41 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?)
To: ValerieUSA
Is it?
Trinity Cathedral Burns
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posted on
08/27/2006 12:06:54 PM PDT
by
eleni121
(General Draza Mihailovich: We will never forget you - the hero of World War Two)
To: cripplecreek
rabid atheists or muslims
Yes, no evidence yet. Too much of a coincidence to imagine any other cause.
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posted on
08/27/2006 12:08:24 PM PDT
by
eleni121
(General Draza Mihailovich: We will never forget you - the hero of World War Two)
To: eleni121
To: eleni121
If its any consolation, the original cathedral had to be rebuilt after being destroyed by German bombardment in WWII...so its a replica of the original after all...and can be rebuilt again...
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posted on
08/27/2006 12:13:58 PM PDT
by
Al Simmons
(Why Consider Rudy in 2008?...because National Security should not be left to children...)
To: eleni121
Seeing that one of the photos shows what appears to be scaffolding, construction accident is the likely cause. Speculating, of course.
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posted on
08/27/2006 12:14:06 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: Al Simmons
It was used by the Conmmies as a storage warehouse.
Reconsecrated in 1990 I believe.
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posted on
08/27/2006 12:16:17 PM PDT
by
eleni121
(General Draza Mihailovich: We will never forget you - the hero of World War Two)
To: 1rudeboy
From the article:
"...acting St. Petersburg emergency department chief Leonid Belyayev said the blaze apparently started on scaffolding on the outside of the church, which was undergoing restoration."
How convenient.
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posted on
08/27/2006 12:18:14 PM PDT
by
eleni121
(General Draza Mihailovich: We will never forget you - the hero of World War Two)
To: eleni121
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posted on
08/27/2006 12:19:33 PM PDT
by
Dustbunny
(The BIBLE - Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth)
To: 1rudeboy
Mikhail Dudko, a representative of the Moscow Patriarchy, said, "The destruction of any a church, regardless of what caused it, is always a great sadness and always a certain symbol, because Orthodox people believe that coincidences do not happen."
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posted on
08/27/2006 12:22:08 PM PDT
by
eleni121
(General Draza Mihailovich: We will never forget you - the hero of World War Two)
To: ValerieUSA
Is the second st petersburg church to burn within a week?Same event. Old news.
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posted on
08/27/2006 12:31:51 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: PAR35; ValerieUSA
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posted on
08/27/2006 12:45:07 PM PDT
by
eleni121
(General Draza Mihailovich: We will never forget you - the hero of World War Two)
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