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Unknown Individuals Try to Burn Down Two Orthodox Churches in Tatarstan
Interfax ^
| 11/18/13
Posted on 11/18/2013 6:10:31 AM PST by marshmallow
Kazan, November 18, Interfax - Two churches were set on fire in the Chistopol Diocese of Tatarstan in the early hours of November 17, Tatarstan's Metropolia said in a statement.
One of the churches, a prayer house in honor of the Great Martyr Dimitry Solunsky, located in the village of Lenino, in the Novosheshminsky District of Tatarstan, was completely destroyed in the fire. The other church, a church in honor of new Russian martyrs of confessors, located in Chispotol, which is under construction, was salvaged by emergency services, the report says.
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Tatarstan has a large Muslim population.
To: marshmallow
Tatarstan has a large Muslim populationIrish Catholic Nuns the perps?
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posted on
11/18/2013 6:20:23 AM PST
by
PROCON
(Low information voters gave us this nightmare.)
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To: marshmallow
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posted on
11/18/2013 7:00:26 AM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(It's not the penalty, it's the lack of coverage on 1 Jan. Think about it.)
To: NonValueAdded
Religion of peace. Too bad they both can’t lose.
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posted on
11/18/2013 7:14:11 AM PST
by
DIRTYSECRET
(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
To: marshmallow
I was in the capital city of Tatarstan (Ashgabot) a couple of years ago and I was amazed at how many Christian churches were there.
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posted on
11/18/2013 7:20:02 AM PST
by
tractorman
(I never miss a chance to tweak a liberal.)
To: tractorman
You may be thinking of Turkmenistan, one of the republics of the former Soviet Union and now an independent nation?
Tartarstan is a province of Russia and Kazan is its main metropolis. It's about 500 miles east of Moscow (roughly).
Turkmenistan is a fascinating place, though. Ashgabot looks so new and clean that it appears artifical.
To: tractorman
There really is such a place? Is it also called "Tater Salad?"
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posted on
11/18/2013 7:47:35 AM PST
by
Cyber Liberty
(We're At That Awkward Stage: It's too late to vote them out, too early to shoot the bastards.)
To: marshmallow
I stand corrected. Actually I was in both places so I guess I was a little confused. I was in Chelny (Tatarstan) at the Kamaz truck plant.
You're correct about Ashgabot. It was probably the cleanest city I've ever been in and very industrious. It was kind of half Soviet and half capitalist in that the government owned everything and you could only rent things from them. Also, no guns allowed: not even for the Police or military that I observed.
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11/18/2013 8:02:56 AM PST
by
tractorman
(I never miss a chance to tweak a liberal.)
To: tractorman
Kazan is the capital of Tatarstan.
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