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#295678 - 07/20/08 05:53 PM
Re: St. John the Baptist Carpatho Russian Orthodox , Hawk Run, Pa
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What happened in Hawk Run was particularly tragic and quite unnecessary. The original church had been Orthodox for decades, and the overwhelming majority wanted to remain Orthodox. I'll spare you the gory details, but the litigation was provoked by a foolish and ambitious person.
Hawk Run is a small place, so almost anywhere that the new church was built would have been next door to the original church. Almost all the parishioners decided to join the new church; the Carpatho-Russian Diocese managed to provide substantial help to pay for the construction costs, but it was still a tight squeeze.
God forgive those who caused the whole tragedy - and God grant that we may learn from it, and not replicate it.
Fr. Serge
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