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  • Sainthood brings closure: Eastern Orthodox priest's son never lost faith (St. Budimir of Dobrun)

    11/27/2004 3:19:22 AM PST · by Destro · 7 replies · 369+ views
    seattletimes.nwsource.com ^ | Saturday, November 27, 2004 - Page updated at 12:00 A.M. | David Briggs
    Saturday, November 27, 2004 - Page updated at 12:00 A.M. Sainthood brings closure: Eastern Orthodox priest's son never lost faith By David Briggs Religion News Service CHUCK CROW / THE PLAIN DEALER OF CLEVELAND The news that his martyred father, the Rev. Budimir Sokolovic, will be canonized next May has brought a sense of peace to the Rev. Vasilije Sokolovic. PARMA, Ohio — It had all the makings of a classic Balkans tragedy. A father survives the Nazis, but is executed for his faith by the Communists. The son, surviving on a young boy's memories of a loving parent, must...