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Harmonica mentioned John Belushi.

He was burried out of St. Nicholas Albanian Orthodox Church in Chicago (acress from the Brickyard).

His was not an intentional suicide, but the unintentional drug-induced suicide of a fabulously gifted man searching for greater and greater thrills. His widow has published a candid but touching recollection of his life as she knew him.

Then Protopresbyter, now Bishop, Ilia Katre rightly used the eulogy to offer the admonition to all who gamble with God's manifold blessings to 'wise up.'

In Christ,
Andrew

Prince Charles has a connection through his father Prince Phillip, who is still "on the books" as Greek Orthodox, as I understand it.

Queen Sophia of Spain was also of the Greek Orthodox Royalty but converted at her marriage, as I understand it.

I thought that he was dead.

Dr. Eric,

He is still alive.

-uc

Prince Philip is Anglican having converted to marry the then Princess Elizabeth. His neice the Queen of Spain is as I understand it still Orthodox. The family converted to Orthodoxy to take up the various thrones in the Balkans. They are all related to each other via many lines. all are decendents of Queen Victoria for example and are all related via the Danish Royal family. Prince Philip has made bequests to a number of Orthodox foundations over the years. HM The Queen is a God parent to many of the current Greek Royals living in exile in London. HRH the Princes Andrew, Prince Philips mother lived out her last days as an Orthodox nun.

ICXC
NIKA

The Queen of Spain has converted to Roman Catholicism. Whenever any European royal married, they converted to the religion of the spouse.

In Christ,
Alice

Dear Alice,

Almost correct. Empress Catherine the Great took on Orthodoxy, indeed, but my mother refused to give up her religion of Catholicism, and she is the Queen of the house!!!!!

Michael

*WINK*

I did not realise Queen Sophia had become Catholic. Poor Prince Philip lost everything to marry his love, including all of his titles. His father-in-law made him a Duke and he was granted the use of the HRH later. The British did not like him either at first and it took a while to be accepted as he is now. People referred to him as Phil the Greek (even if he is not realy Greek).

ICXC
NIKA

Check out the bio on Jack Palance. It is really quite interesting!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001588/bio

I thought that the part about him falling asleep in his Square on Hollywood Squares was hillarious!!!

What about John and Joan Cusack?

Why don't we all pitch in a couple of dollars and name a star for Father Anthony and a star for John Vernoski?

http://www.starregistry.com/

That way there would be at least one star with Eastern Catholic Roots and at least one star with Eastern Orthodox Roots.

Apparently the Reggae singer Bob Marley became Ethiopian Orthodox sometime before his death.

A month before his death, he was awarded Jamaica's Order of Merit. He wanted to spend his final days in Jamaica but he became too ill on the flight home from Germany and had to land in Miami. He passed away at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Miami, Florida on 11 May 1981. Before his death he was baptised into the Coptic Orthodox Church. and took the name Berhane Selassie (meaning the Light of the Holy Trinity in Coptic). His funeral in Jamaica was a dignified affair with combined elements of Ethiopian Orthodoxy and Rastafarianism. He is buried in a crypt at Nine Miles, near his birthplace.