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Dear Alex: My pleasure. 
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Dear Alex, I don't know about you, but I'm really glad that the administrator designed the door to the Forum to be a revolving one!  Keeps the likes of you and me and the others who post here coming back even when it seems that some don't want us here and tell us so. :rolleyes: Just don't forget and leave in heat by the fire exit! It doesn't revolve! Steve
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Dear Inawe, Yes, the fire exit . . . And as for the Orthoman, you have to excuse me when I sing: Who da Man? You da Man! You da ORTHOman! I hope he didn't go into exile over that!  Alex
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Dear Orthoman: If you're still puzzling about the numbers, here's some from the latest report on religious freedom from the US department of state (released Oct. 7, 2002): Russia 10,912 registered communities Ukraine-MP 9423 Belarus-MP 1260 Other FSU and diaspora probably no more that a couple of hundred (e.g, Kazkhstan ~40, Turkmenistan 11, etc.) http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2002/c7599.htm So the 19,000 figure looks a little out of date, 22,000 is a better number, about half in Russia and half not in Russia. Maybe the "registered communities" include monasteries and parishes? The numbers may have increased some since the report, but probably not by 5000 (unless they are registering "Mertyve Dushi") which represents half the increase since 1988. It's tough to get close to 19,000 without Ukraine. djs
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Dear djs, Well, Orthoman is a truly dedicated Orthodox Christian and he thinks nothing of chewing up five or six of me for breakfast each morning! I wish we had more of him in among us "Orthodox in communion with Rome." When he did jump on me as he did, he did so in defence of the Orthodox Church. And for that he is to be truly admired. Alex
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Dear djs,
Well, Orthoman is a truly dedicated Orthodox Christian and he thinks nothing of chewing up five or six of me for breakfast each morning!
I wish we had more of him in among us "Orthodox in communion with Rome."
When he did jump on me as he did, he did so in defence of the Orthodox Church.
And for that he is to be truly admired. Oooh! Alex is my first official recipient of the Humility of the Day Award. And don't let the name fool you. I may sometimes forget or off someplace else, so these Humility of the Day Awards may be weekly or even bi-weekly! Logos Teen
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