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#351961 - 08/31/10 09:04 AM Time takes its toll on Latvia’s ‘Old Believers’
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There are little more than a dozen residents left in as many wooden homes in this hamlet tucked away from civilisation in eastern Latvia. Most are Old Believers, a faith struggling to survive.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i8Jkem8YSWlIE9lWWgY8vv_En_cg

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#352018 - 09/01/10 04:41 AM Re: Time takes its toll on Latvia’s ‘Old Believers’ [Re: Polish American]
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Interesting article, thanks for posting it.

Prayers for our brethren in Latvia of the Old Rite.
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"One day all our ethnic traits ... will have disappeared. Time itself is seeing to this. And so we can not think of our communities as ethnic parishes, ... unless we wish to assure the death of our community."

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