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#357148 - 12/16/10 04:42 AM reports of the murder of two Orthodox deacons
likethethief Member Registered: 07/25/08 Posts: 924 Loc: SF Bay, CA USA	May their memory be eternal! Has anyone heard anything elsewhere about this? Quote: People traffickers kill Orthodox deacons in Sinai Desert Christian Solidarity Worldwide calls on Egypt to take decisive action after two deacons murdered by people traffickers by Brian HuttPosted: Wednesday, December 15, 2010, 17:12 (GMT)Fears for hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers being held captive in the Sinai Desert have intensified amid reports of the murder of two deacons. Christian Solidarity Worldwide heard of the killings in a report from Italian human rights group Agenzia Habeshia. The two deacons were among 100 Eritrean refugees separated by their captors from a larger group which also included Sudanese, Somalis and Ethiopians refugees...
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#357158 - 12/16/10 10:36 AM Re: reports of the murder of two Orthodox deacons [Re: likethethief]
DMD Member Registered: 05/01/09 Posts: 960 Loc: Upstate New York	This is very sad. I know that pilgrims from my area recently visited St. Catherine's and found the monks to be most hospitable. Pray for the memories of the departed and the faithful monks and Fathers of St. Catherine's in these troubling times. Eternal Memory and Lord have mercy.
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#357170 - 12/16/10 04:26 PM Re: reports of the murder of two Orthodox deacons [Re: likethethief]
Pani Rose Member Registered: 11/06/01 Posts: 10158 Loc: Irondale,AL	Lord have mercy! May their memory be eternal!
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#357195 - 12/17/10 04:03 AM Re: reports of the murder of two Orthodox deacons [Re: likethethief]
Irish Melkite Global Moderator Member Registered: 10/27/03 Posts: 8894 Loc: Massachusetts	May the memory of the Lord's servants, the martyred deacons of His Church, be eternal. _________________________ "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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